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- Course on ‘Christian Civilization’
  
  September 17
  
  Last Saturday, Father Philip-Michael Tangorra, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace (OLQP) Parish in Branchville, held a group of 30 parishioners in rapt attention as he presented a class about the First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. He said that this, the first ecumenical council in Church history, ushered in a new era by uniting a divided Church with a universal proclamation, which reaffirmed that “Jesus is true God and true man.”
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- Pastoral visit to Pequannock parish
  
  September 17
  
  Bishop Kevin Sweeney made a pastoral visit to Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock Sept. 13 where he celebrated Mass for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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- Holy Family Parish welcomes Bishop
  
  September 17
  
  Bishop Kevin Sweeney made a pastoral visit on Sept. 12 to Holy Family Parish in Florham Park where he celebrated the 5:30 p.m. vigil Mass for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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News from the Vatican
- Saying ‘thank you’ to God is a beautiful prayer, pope tells autistic children
  
  Saying "thank you" to God is a beautiful prayer, Pope Francis told a group of children and teenagers with autism.
- Papal safeguarding commission meets online and in Rome
  
  Given the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors met online and, for those who could, in Rome for their plenary assembly Sept. 16-18.
- Church becomes sick when not proclaiming Gospel, pope says
  
  If the church fails to go out and proclaim the Gospel to those who are lost or forgotten, it risks falling ill to the evil that is committed by its own members, Pope Francis said.
- Trump’s top envoy urges Vatican to challenge China on religious freedom
  
  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has argued that the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops has confused Catholics on the ground and has urged the Holy See to be...
- Pope urges political leaders to ensure coronavirus vaccines get to poor nations
  
  Pope Francis is urging political leaders make sure coronavirus vaccines are available to the poorest nations.
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- Oregon Catholic family, good Samaritans document terrifying canyon fire
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- Rick and Debra Keating never got the reverse 911 call to evacuate their town of Gates, Oregon, as a wildfire consuming the canyon came closer. Instead, Madeline Keating, a...
- Antebellum
  
  NEW YORK (CNS) -- Far-fetched and ham-fisted, the grim fantasy "Antebellum" (Lionsgate) is marked by an outlook on timely racial issues that lacks both balance and a humane spirit. Written...
- Cardinal likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship
  
  BEIRUT (CNS) -- Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai warned that the Christian presence in the Middle East is shrinking and church leaders "are called to face the winds that blow in our homelands."
- Aid makings its way to flooded communities in northeastern Africa
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- As rising flood waters claim lives and displace thousands in Sudan, church and church-related humanitarian agencies are responding to the disaster caused by unusually heavy...
- Cordileone: ‘Unrealistic’ limits on public worship ‘willful discrimination’
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- San Francisco's archbishop told hundreds of Catholics gathered near City Hall Sept. 20 that "it is because of our Catholic faith that we are being put at the end of the...