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Hispanics’ growth, cultural diversity present challenge, speaker says
That growth presents a challenge to the Catholic Church to meet the pastoral needs of Hispanics but also to cultivate leaders from that population, he said in a keynote address at a one-day symposium on Hispanic leadership and philanthropy in the 21st-century church.
Presence of Hispanics ‘a blessing’ for church, says professor
With the growing population of Hispanics, the Catholic Church is faced with "an immense task," Boston College theology professor Hosffman Ospino told a San Antonio symposium.
New program helps students with special needs get Catholic education
The Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education of West Virginia is making it possible for all students to have access to an education grounded in the lived Gospel values of the Catholic faith.
Pope’s address to Congress will be broadcast to crowd outside Capitol
Members of the public can watch Pope Francis' historic address on the West Front of the Capitol Sept. 24, House Speaker John Boehner announced July 8.
Dominican-backed Hope House grows new life in a Detroit neighborhood
"It was sort of like going down," Malone said of the neighborhood when he moved there from Maryland in 2008. "People's houses was raggedy. Then they started fixing up."
California assisted suicide bill appears dead for 2015
A group of Southern California Latino Democratic Assembly members broke ranks with their party to oppose the bill, a move assisted suicide advocates attributed to the intervention of the Catholic Church, specifically Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
Foundation to award grants to Catholic schools, churches, charities
The Westerman Foundation, based in Edmond, plans to award $1 million in grants to Catholic schools, parishes and charitable organizations and is currently accepting grant applications.
Death penalty protests bring together families of victims, the executed
On the same day the death of exonerated death-row inmate Glenn Ford in Louisiana made national headlines, a fast and vigil opposing the death penalty began in Washington.
Reservation’s summer camps combine Bible study, Lakota cultural lessons
This camp is run through St. Francis Mission, which is an outreach ministry headed by the Society of Jesus for the 20,000 Sioux people on the Rosebud reservation.
Florida’s abortion waiting period on hold after second judge’s ruling
A new Florida law establishing a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking an abortion has not gone into effect, after court rulings on lawsuits and appeals.