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- Massive Catholic Center Planned for East Texas
  
  On nearly 600 acres of land, the Catholic center of Veritatis Splendor will be built near Tyler, Texas. ‘Veritatis Splendor’ will enliven the faith of Catholics in the Lone Star State and around the...
- In Talking of God, Our Words Don’t Always Mean What We Think They Mean
  
  Lionello Spada, “Saint Jerome,” c. 1611 Clear thought demands clear definitions.
- The Shroud of Turin and the Black Death
  
  Holy Face of Jesus In the 1300s, the Holy Face of Jesus inspired those who endured the Plague to look for hope in the light of Resurrection faith.
- The Significance of SCOTUS Revisiting the Trump Rule Barring Abortion Groups From Title X Funding
  
  Shutterstock Title X is a federal program that is subject to new regulations issued from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Supreme Court is reviewing the latest rule from HHS under the...
- Diocesan Synods Provide Opportunities To Be a ‘Listening Church’
  
  Courtesy photo Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., during the closing Mass at the diocesan synod in 2017. Done well, synods are a vital tool for local bishops in their pastoral care for...

News from the Vatican
- At trial, former students recall ‘unhealthy’ environment at minor seminary
  
  Several former students told a Vatican court that they experienced an "unhealthy" environment at a minor seminary inside the Vatican.
- Vatican official insists religious services are ‘essential services’
  
  For believers, the ability to practice their faith and receive spiritual guidance are "the highest of essential services," and pandemic practices over the past year have shown they are not...
- Pope chooses gerontologist as his personal physician
  
  Pope Francis, 84, has chosen a specialist in internal medicine and gerontology to be his new personal physician, the Vatican said.
- Vatican supports waiving some patent protections for COVID-19 vaccine
  
  The Vatican threw its support behind an effort by India, South Africa and a host of developing nations to loosen international patent protections and speed up sub-licensing agreements for the...
- Pope marks 90th anniversary of Divine Mercy apparition
  
  Marking the 90th anniversary of the apparition of Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska, Pope Francis wrote a letter to Catholics in Poland expressing his hope that Christ's message of divine mercy would...