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Court favors diocese in same-sex discrimination claim
A Missouri circuit court judge granted the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph's motion for summary judgment in a suit filed by a woman who was fired from her parish job after her same-sex marriage was publicized.
Pope calls for ‘harmonized response’ to migrant crisis in Greece
"A harmonized response can be effective and equally distribute the weight," he said Feb. 28 after reciting the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square.
For ‘Mercy Friday’ initiative, pope visits young addicts at rehab center
To the complete surprise of the 55 residents, Pope Francis showed up in his compact Ford Escort at the San Carlo Community Feb. 26 with just a driver.
Canadian report recommends widening access to physician-assisted suicide
The mentally ill and consenting minors should be allowed to choose physician-assisted suicide, a federal parliamentary committee recommended.
Movie review: Gods of Egypt
"The battle for eternity begins," proclaims the tagline of "Gods of Egypt" (Lionsgate), a swords-and-sandals epic about warring deities along the banks of the Nile.
Shanahan students take on four weeks of fasting to ‘live simply’
Global Awareness Month is wrapping up at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, where students fasted and refrained from the Internet and other media to live in solidarity with less fortunate people.
Hungry reader waits all day to break Lenten fast at midnight
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are the only two days the church prescribes for fasting, and a reader wonders about the letter, and the spirit, of that law, as Father Ken Doyle explains.
Vatican envoys risk their lives to end ‘World War III,’ archbishop says
"Let's not be kidding ourselves: If we are going to bring peace, if we are going to secure countries and communities, particularly people who are persecuted, we are going to have to make an unprecedented effort," said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher.
Catholic League girls basketball championship
See scenes from the shocking defeat of defending state champion Neumann-Goretti by Archbishop Wood's girls Feb. 22 at the Palestra.
Wood makes believers of Saints in upset title victory
Archbishop Wood might have been the only ones to expect they'd beat nationally ranked Neumann-Goretti in the Catholic League championship game, but that is what happened Monday night at the Palestra.