Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: 'The church needs you'

"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.

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Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: 'The church needs you'

"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.

Sr. Nina Krapić, deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, right, speaks to Sr. Jane Wakahiu, associate vice president of the Catholic Sisters Initiative at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Both were speakers at the SIGNIS World Congress, Aug. 1-8 in Kigali, Rwanda. (Courtesy of Sr. Rocio Garcia)

Assembly speakers discuss key role of nuns in an unstable media environment

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Pope Leo XIV to LCWR sisters: 'The church needs you'

"For with your vitality, your witness of a life centered on Jesus, you can contribute to waking up the world," the pope told the 1,300 leaders of US Catholic sisters at their annual assembly.

Thousands in Denver venerate St. Margaret Mary Alacoque relics

Thousands of Catholics from across Northern Colorado gathered Aug. 2 at Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception to venerate first-class relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and seek her intercession. 

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Unexpected friendships, writes one panelist, "have expanded my heart, strengthened my faith and reminded me that the Gospel comes alive whenever we cross boundaries with love."

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Ohio Catholics rally behind Haitian immigrants as TPS ends

Over 600 people attended vigils outside a federal immigration office near Cincinnati after Haitian residents of Springfield received letters directing them to appear at the ICE field office nearly two hours from their homes.

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