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In retirement, McGraw coaches communities to go on offense against hunger

Oct 2, 2021
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Jimmy Carter joins volunteers, faith groups at Habitat for Humanity event

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Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

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Sep 24
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ICC convicts former Central African Republic Islamist militia commander of torture

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Artifacts and memorabilia depicting the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen are displayed in the Sheen Museum on July 15, 2026, in Peoria, Ill. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

Famed radio and TV Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood

Sep 24
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Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd at the weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sep. 23, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo remembers Archbishop Fulton Sheen the day before media pioneer’s beatification

Sep 23
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Thousands of people gathered in the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis for the beatification Mass of Fulton J. Sheen.

Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis

Sep 25
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Priests from various countries, members of the "Priests Against Genocide" network, carry a shroud bearing the names of 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children whom organizers say were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires were declared, during a demonstration near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Priests and nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Sep 23
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV, Friday, April 10, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

About 2,000 church sex abuse victims have come forward for reparations in France

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