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Satan preys upon human weakness and works to undermine the Church from within. He wants nothing more than for you and me to give up all hope.

(CNA) — Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on this Holy Day of Obligation, recalling the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when both her soul and her body were taken into the presence of God.

The prelates' joint statement was issued in response to the release the same day of a grand jury report based on a months-long investigation into sexual abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses.

Raimund Kolbe, born in Russian Poland, was ordained a Franciscan, Maximilian Mary, in Rome.

The Gerard House opened Aug. 1 in Phoenix’s Sunnyslope area as the third “boy” in the Maggie’s Place family, but with some easily distinguishable features.

Thirty African priests — among them 13 from various orders — are spread out in parishes throughout the Diocese of Phoenix alone with others filling priest shortages in the church nationwide.

Though 10 years younger than her townsman, Francis of Assisi, Clare was drawn to his radical message of serving God in abject poverty.

Campus leaders plan to add one grade level each year until the current first-graders enter eighth grade.

Praying in front of an abortion center around the clock for 40 days straight might seem a daunting endeavor, but pro-life leaders from around the world organize the vigils twice each year.

Planned to handle the area’s rapidly expanding Catholic population, especially among Hispanics, the school will open for classes Aug. 13 and host a grand opening Aug. 21.