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Catholic Benefits Association wins suit filed in 2014 against HHS mandate
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Catholic Benefits Association and issued declaratory relief and a permanent injunction against a mandate requiring employers to provide coverage for contraception and abortifacients.
$900,000 grant helps train Catholic lay chaplains in Texas archdiocese
Men and women from Catholic parishes will be providing sacramental and spiritual care ministry to patients and their families.
U.S. Crosiers emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The bankruptcy, filed last June, was in large part because of expected payments to survivors of sexual abuse by a few members of the order more than three decades ago.
Cardinal: Words ‘we all long to hear’ lay in sacrament of reconciliation
In preparing for Easter, many Catholic parishes worldwide opened their church doors for extended hours for the sacrament of reconciliation with penance services on Good Friday.
Catholics like much of U.S. in their regard for the Ten Commandments
U.S. Catholics line up like most of their religious counterparts in the country in how they regard the teachings of the Ten Commandments, according to a survey commissioned by the Deseret News.
Knights give more than $1 million to Iraqi, Syrian Christians for Easter
The support includes $800,000 in new financial assistance and $250,000 to help rebuild an Iraqi Christian town. The funds will help with food, clothing, shelter and education for Christians targeted by Islamic State militants.
To honor Rev. King, ‘deepen’ commitment to work for justice, bishops urge
Fifty years after the assassination of the civil rights leader, "we need to ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to build the culture of love, respect and peace to which the Gospel calls us," the U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee said.
Letters to adopted children’s birth mothers draw grateful response
A suggestion that started with an Ohio Catholic school student's dream has resulted in a nationwide response of support for the birth mothers of adopted children and gratitude from the mothers themselves.
Guam archdiocese to move offices, sell chancery, other church properties
"The move is part of archdiocesan-wide efforts related to the liquidation and sale of church property on Guam in the midst of challenging financial times and settlement of clergy sexual abuse cases."
Interpreter of Mass, RCIA classes for deaf sees God’s hand in her effort
Along with regularly interpreting at Sunday Mass for the deaf community, Joleen Hunkins volunteered this year to be the catechist working with two young deaf women in her parish's Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program.