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Sr. Joan Laplace speaks with a construction worker in September 2025. The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, and a completion date for Phase 1 is in sight. (Courtesy of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph)

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Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services greets a U.S. Naval Academy cadet midshipman after the annual Sea Services Pilgrimage Mass at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., Oct. 2, 2022. (CNS/Jason Minick, courtesy of Devine Partners)

US bishops' president begs Americans to see Christ 'in every person,' reject political violence