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A perfect fit: Pope describes how to discover one’s vocation
In a newly released document, "Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), Pope Francis said that to discern a vocation, people have to realize it's a calling from a friend, Jesus.
Maryland Day marks special homecoming for 17th-century iron cross
A 17th-century iron cross believed to have been hammered together by a blacksmith on board a voyage from England to the new Maryland colony nearly 400 years ago returned to St. Clement's Island in Southern Maryland.
Pan-yard retreats in Trinidad take the church to the people
Sixteen years ago, surrounded by burgeoning crime and gang violence, a Port-of-Spain parish decided to take that year's Lenten retreat outside of the church walls into a nearby pan-yard.
Church, world need the gifts, enthusiasm of young people, pope says
Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Christus Vivit" ("Christ Lives"), contains the pope's reflections on the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment.
Georgia house passes fetal heartbeat bill; legal challenges to follow
The Georgia House of Representatives, under Republican control, passed by a 92-78 vote March 29 the "Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act."
Jesuit: Without the Amazon, ‘we all go under’
What's happening in the Amazon affects immigration patterns, hunger, poverty, medicine, political systems, not to mention the irreversible damage to a planet that humanity calls home and one that can't be replaced.
Texas looking into city vote to bar restaurant chain over marriage views
San Antonio City Council voted "to exclude Chick-fil-A from the list of concessionaires that could operate at San Antonio International Airport" because the company is known for its support of traditional marriage.
Learn to navigate love, loss on social media
How do people navigate this new social landscape? This April 25 presentation with dinner will engage students in a dialogue about how to integrate virtue and excellence into their use of social media.
New head of CLINIC is experienced litigator, expert on immigration law
Raised in Philadelphia, Anna Gallagher got a bachelor's degree in political science and Latin American studies from Temple University, earned her law degree at the Antioch School of Law in Washington three years later, and dove right into immigration law work.
Sister Ella Mae Hill, S.S.J., dies at age 86
The Philadelphia native and Hallahan High School grad entered the Sisters of St. Joseph as Sister Michael Andrew, and served in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and two other dioceses.