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Renée Roden is a writer living at the St. Francis Catholic Worker House in Chicago.

During Memorial Day week, Norwalk will host Veterans for Peace’s sailing ship “Golden Rule” as it cruises along the East Coast promoting abolition of nuclea ...

The Darien Blue Wave Booster Club revived plans for a senior send off for the class of 2023 after the pandemic delayed its start or three years.

While most communion hosts, candles, and liturgical vestments are now made by large corporate manufacturers, some Catholics are taking matters into their own hands—and ovens.

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A same-sex couple is pictured in a file photo exchanging rings during a ceremony in Salt Lake City. The Vaticans doctrinal office says in a new note that any form of blessing of same-sex unions is "illicit," but that the negative judgment is on the blessing of unions, not the people, who must be respected. (CNS photo/Jim Urquhar, Reuters) L.G.B.T. Catholics and their allies are reacting with dismay to a statement released Mondayby the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prohibiti...