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Draft of new constitution for Curia reform ready for consultation
A draft of the proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia will soon be sent out to leaders of the world's bishops' conferences, religious orders and some pontifical universities for their observations and suggestions.
Executions down globally, but up in U.S., says Amnesty International
The number of executions worldwide has dropped by almost one-third, Amnesty International said in its latest review of the death penalty.
All are debtors before God’s love, forgiveness, pope says
Everyone is "in debt" to God, who offers his infinite love and graces for free, Pope Francis said.
Diocese’s Catholic Charities center lauded for affirming ‘human dignity’
From the minute he walked into the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling, Archbishop William E. Lori said he could "sense not only services and good things being done for people with needs, but a sense of welcome."
Archbishop visits Catholic Charities, school, residence for elderly
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, accompanied by his predecessor Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, visited some of the sites and people of the Archdiocese of Washington, which includes the nation's capital and the five surrounding Maryland counties.
Hispanic families, with their sons, get special day at seminary
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Vocations Office welcomed 260 Hispanic Catholics for a day of fun, games and prayer to learn about the life of a seminarian at St. Charles Seminary, and maybe a vocation to priesthood.
Bishops say no-fault divorce in U.K. undermines marriage from outset
In the first major overhaul of U.K. divorce law for 50 years, the British government announced April 9 that it would allow couples to split up simply by filing a statement to say the marriage had broken down irretrievably.
Pass bill, end ‘barbaric’ late-term abortions, archbishop urges Congress
Archbishop Joseph Naumann urged passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which a Senate Committee was studying and which he said a "vast majority of Americans" support.
St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington welcomes new archbishop
Seminarians and priests stood on the steps at the seminary's front entrance and applauded as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory arrived for his first visit April 5, one day after Pope Francis had named him as the new archbishop of Washington.
Red embroidery on white handkerchiefs memorializes victims of violence
The embroidered handkerchiefs are memorials, meant to bring attention to those who have suffered and died because of the drug war in the United States and Mexico, those who have died crossing the desert while seeking sanctuary, and those who have disappeared.