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Statistics show that about 30% of people are exposed to pornography before age 12 and states have passed laws declaring it a public health risk.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis “is a father who knows very well his daughters and sons,” including those who belong to the Eastern Catholic Churches, said the Armenian Catholic bishop of the United States and Canada.

ROME (CNS) — While the Eastern Catholic Churches have different liturgies that highlight centuries-old cultural and religious traditions, they all remain united in their commitment to serve Christ and his Church, said Bishop Jacob Angadiath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago.

The government sealed off the 10,600-member commune 27 miles from Hanoi for 20 days Feb. 13 due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 strain. There were five confirmed patients Feb. 19.

18 books for you to consider ordering, buying from your parish gift shop or checking out from the diocesan Kino Library.

Lenten sacrifices aim to bring you closer to God, "something that helps lessen all the distraction and noise. And certainly social media is a lot of distractions and noise," a Maryland priest said.

In four distinct languages, the videos explore Catholic social teaching and examine participation in public life to make the bishops' teaching more accessible.

And none of it was really planned.

Churches will be eerily empty the next two weekends and even more noticeably so on Ash Wednesday.

Their wedding preparations were a bit unusual: traveling 74 miles on foot to its destination.