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Thousands of lives spared, 133 abortion workers who quit their jobs and 75 centers that closed their doors forever. The stunning success of the 40 Days for Life movement in the midst of a culture of death has pumped new energy into the movement dedicated to protecting human life from conception to natural death.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Too much of the political discourse during this election year “has demeaned women and marginalized people of faith,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 14.

Even though the Year of Mercy will end next month, organizers of the 41st annual Arizona Rosary Celebration wanted to remind the faithful that there is still time to commemorate the jubilee year.

The preservation and protection of the Catholic health care worker’s conscience is a benefit to everyone, said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone in his keynote address to Phoenix-area health care professionals following the annual White Mass.

ROME (CNS) — The heroism of Mexico’s newest saint, St. José Sánchez del Río, should embolden the nation’s priests to continue their ministry with trust in God, said the vice postulator of the young saint’s cause.

Freedom came more than two years later, but only a small fraction of the secondary school girls were released.

Aquí, Obispo Auxiliar Eduardo A. Nevares obispo auxiliar de Phoenix, y familias normales hablan vocaciones.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will conclude the Year of Mercy by creating 17 new cardinals, including three from the United States: Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago; Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the new Vatican office for laity, family and life and former bishop of Dallas; and Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin of Indianapolis.

In his homily during the weekly televised Mass Oct. 2, Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral rector Fr. John Lankeit reflected on the difference between those issues where Catholics can exercise prudential judgment and those which are intrinsic evils, specifically tackling the topic of abortion. The video of Fr. Lankeit's homily has been shared on several news outlets and had reached more than 30,000 views as of Oct. 6.

JUNEAU, Alaska (CNA/EWTN News) — Adding to the more than 70 national shrines in the United States, the St. Thérèse Shrine in Juneau, Alaska was added by the U.S. bishops to the national list on her Oct. 1 feast day this year.