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Youth and young adults ready for Holy Week activities
Young Catholics in groups across the archdiocese are helping parishioners mark the sacred days before Easter.
Crowd outside Supreme Court rallies against federal HHS mandate
Sisters from the Carmelites, Dominicans and Little Sisters of the Poor -- whose contraceptive mandate case was heard March 23 by the high court -- sang "Salve Regina" and other hymns in a peaceful rally in Washington.
New York high school teacher among scientists who ‘heard’ sound in space
NEW YORK (CNS) — Through long years of research by scientists, including a physics teacher at Regis High School in Manhattan, gravitational waves have been directly measured, confirming the last prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. On Sept. 14, the faint “chirp” of two black holes colliding 1.3 billion light-years away was heard […]
Ultimate relief from mandate may lie beyond the courts, say plaintiffs
"Ultimately," said Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, "the solution is the elections and moving the elections in the right way."
Need for church role seen in shortcomings of U.S.-Cuba relations
"It is time for some of our leadership in the Catholic Church to take a stronger stand with the Cuban government and demand more; it is time to stop dancing around them," Andy Gomez said
Pew study finds women generally more religious than men
The findings were are part of a comprehensive look at religious practices by gender among Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated in 192 countries and territories.
Diocese of Charlotte establishes college seminary for future priests
Starting this fall, St. Joseph College Seminary will temporarily house nine seminarians at a Charlotte parish. A permanent home is planned on or near the campus of Benedictine-run Belmont Abbey College.
In Albany Diocese, community copes with contaminated water
The glass may be half-full for optimistic residents of a New York town whose well water has been tainted by a Teflon factory -- but that doesn't mean they should drink from that glass.
Immigrants have been arrested looking for alternatives to Flint water
Deacon Omar Odette, pastoral administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Flint, said he knows members of his parish who have been arrested for not having immigration documents.
From death to life: Tulsa bishop says hospice brings hope to the dying
"Just because you're dying doesn't mean there's no reason to hope; it's just the opposite. Christ has changed the meaning of death to the entrance into life," said Bishop Edward J. Slattery of Tulsa.