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Published: March 4, 2020   
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Detroit priest in spotlight for Groban concert performance

WINDSOR, Ontario -- Everything about that Sunday night was a surprise for Father Patrick Setto, starting with his cousins surprising him with tickets to a Josh Groban concert in Windsor, across the border from Detroit, and ending with the world-famous tenor passing off his microphone to the priest.

What is God’s will?

The Diocese of Little Rock hosted a women’s religious discernment retreat Feb. 14-15 at St. John Center in Little Rock for women 16 to 35 years old who are discerning ... (Photo)

Obituaries

Mary Frances Brackett, 99, a member of St. Paul Church in Pocahontas, died Jan. 12. She is survived by ...

Schedule of extra days in leap years has its roots in the Catholic Church

BOSTON -- The extra day we get approximately once every four years is a way to adapt the calendar year to the astronomical year.

What do you enjoy most about Mass and why?

“Mass is comprised of many beautiful moments. My personal favorite is the music played throughout Mass and the liturgy. I pray best through song because it is ...” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)

Did you know?

There are a few patron saints of the blind. They include St. Dunstan, St. Raphael (one of the three archangels), St. Lucy and St. Odilia.  St. Dunstan worked with ... (Seeds of Faith)

Pope sides with indigenous people in Amazon

LIMA, Peru -- Saying the world has much to learn from Amazonian indigenous peoples, Pope Francis declared the Catholic Church their ally in their struggle to protect the region’s forests and rivers.

The black Catholic nun every American should know

When asked to offer examples of the Church’s faithful whose experiences are essential to our understanding of American Catholic history, there is one black woman’s story that I always tell. (Columns)

Time to revisit pope’s Laudato Si document

Care of the environment is one of the top issues to be discussed during the presidential campaign. Add the U.S.’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and historic wildfires and flooding impacting dozens of cities and it is a topic on voters’ minds as well. (Editorial)

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