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St. Francis International School welcomes students back with prayer, breakfast and a familiar sense of faith

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Labor Day a call to build communion, equity amid challenges of AI, says Archbishop Fabre

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Catholic agencies respond to Nepal floods, as U.S. bishop calls for greater international aid

East Tennessee diocese mourns Dolly Parton as ‘one of our own’

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St. Andrew Apostle Women’s Ministry holds Eucharistic Holy Hour for the fallen away

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Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation message

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for September is ‘for the care of water’

Pope Leo says, ‘It is not yet too late’ to care for creation

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