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OCP’s Center for Learning provides essential formation with new Formation Events

PORTLAND, Ore. — OCP’s Center for Learning is proud to announce the launch of Formation Events. Led by expert presenters,

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A Catholic rebel with a cause

The first and only biography of Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., is published SAN FRANCISCO — In a biography that reads more

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Vatican commission reports gains and challenges in abuse prevention

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A report published Tuesday (Oct. 29) by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors details

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Gutiérrez’s liberation theology still inspires young Latin American theologians

SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The death of the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, called the “father of liberation theology,” at age 96

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This election has stoked fear in many Americans. Here’s an antidote.

(RNS) — I had a recent conversation with Marshall Ganz, an old friend, veteran organizer and internationally renowned teacher of

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Americans pause to pray before voting in the 2024 election

(RNS) — A new survey shows that more than half of Americans plan on praying before casting their vote and

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The mashup holiday ‘Diwaloween’ celebrates light as the year turns dark

(RNS) — What happens when the religious festival celebrating the victory of good over evil coincides with the spookiest night

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Republicans seek votes among the Amish, who rarely cast them, in swing-state Pennsylvania

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy

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Do animals go to heaven?

(RNS) — The Rev. Terry Martin had served large, busy Catholic parishes in the United Kingdom for 25 years before

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Swing-state priest teaches ancient techniques for surviving today’s political turmoil

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The Rev. David Peck knows first-hand how divided communities wracked by violence can be gutted by