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- Catholic Schools Are Booming — New EWTN Poll Sheds Light on Possible Reasons
  
  David Amador Rivera for Angelus News The poll’s results point to several possible explanations for the recent uptick in Catholic school...
- Authentic Respect for Marriage: Forget the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
  
  M-SUR The essential public purpose of marriage is to connect mothers and fathers to their children and to one another. COMMENTARY: Redefining...
- French Jesuit and American Legal Scholar Win 2022 Ratzinger Prize
  
  Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on August 28, 2010. Candidates for the prize are chosen by the scientific committee of the Ratzinger Foundation...
- Pope Francis Mourns 23 Children and Several Adults Killed in Thailand Daycare Attack
  
  Daniel Ibáñez / CNA According to media reports, the massacre was perpetrated by a single man, armed with a gun and knife, on Oct. 6 in the town...
- Prayerful Attendance at Mass Is How We Give God Perfect and Proper Thanks
  
  At Mass, we give God perfect and proper thanks. User’s Guide to Sunday, Oct. 9

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- Thailand day care massacre an act of ‘unspeakable violence,’ pope says
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he was “deeply saddened” after hearing the news...
- Cardinal: Business must ensure products, services contribute to common good
  
  NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — God creates the tree. A furniture company creates the desk. Cardinal...
- Through ups and downs, student soccer player relies on God
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — When 18-year-old Silvia “Niky” Quezada talked about what she has been through...
- Immigration advocates say DACA ruling should push Congress to act
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic immigration advocates are emphasizing that the Oct. 5 ruling by a...
- Godspeed: The last editorial
  
  Responding to editors’ requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic...
News from the Vatican
- Saints have joyful hearts, not long faces, pope says
  
  The holiness of saints is reflected not only in how they overcame struggles but by their ability to transmit the joy that comes from being loved by God, Pope Francis said.
- Opus Dei leader to convene summit to comply with Pope Francis’s decrees
  
  In a special note to members of his prelature, the leader of Opus Dei Thursday announced his decision to convoke a special meeting to update their statutes in light of recent changes requested by...
- Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords
  
  The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
- True discernment requires knowing oneself, pope says
  
  To know oneself is a gift and a grace that allows Christians to properly discern between feelings and convictions, Pope Francis said.
- Pope encourages Oblates to continue serving the poor
  
  The Gospel's message of hope to the suffering and downtrodden is sorely needed in today's world, which is "enslaved by selfishness and full of contradictions and divisions," Pope Francis said.