For the second in our series of Friday Lenten Reflections with the bishops of the Archdiocese of New York, Bishop Peter Byrne, Episcopal Vicar for Staten Island, says like people train for sports, during Lent we train and prepare our soul for eternity.
These reflections are published each Friday during Lent.
The report found the decline part of a larger trend: From 2007 to 2024, the fertility rate has decreased by 22%.
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Our Sunday Visitor
| 08/09/2025
Los bombardeos causaron la muerte de más de 150.000 personas, en su mayoría civiles, y dejaron las ciudades en ruinas.
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Our Sunday Visitor
| 08/09/2025
The explosion wiped out approximately 8,500 of the 12,000 parishioners at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Japan's most Catholic city.