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Catholic bishops throughout the U.S. are calling on faithful to pray for Pope Francis, now in critical condition in Rome’s Gemelli hospital amid a week-long battle with respiratory illness.

A team of East Tennessee men from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, along with men from seven other local East Tennessee Christian churches, host a local chapter of Kairos, an international and ecumenical prison ministry that holds retreats for prisoners at the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg.

Bishop Mark Beckman has announced Father Miguel Velez has been reinstated to full active ministry at St. Patrick Church in Morristown, effective immediately.

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee debuted a mobile ultrasound van on Jan. 23 at its Pregnancy Help Center in Helenwood, allowing mothers to see images of their unborn babies—a service that most often leads them to choose life.