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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.
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.
Much to do, and do right, on child sexual abuse, archbishop says
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori said a week into National Child Abuse Protection Month that the desire to protect young people and restore confidence in the church were motivations to strengthen policies to prevent child abuse.
Abortion bills will have ‘radical consequences,’ cardinal warns
Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley cast opposition to an expansion of abortion in Massachusetts as "an issue of human rights" and did not "seek to impose the Catholic Church's teachings on a diverse society."
New York Giants coach gives pointers on prayer, faith to Catholic men
Pat Shurmur, the head coach of the New York Giants and a lifelong Catholic, spoke about importance of faith during a Lenten gathering for a group of Catholic men in the Diocese of Metuchen March 30.
New Georgia church includes artifacts from closed N.Y. church
This spring, artifacts from St. Gerard Church in Buffalo, New York, which closed in 2008, have a new home at Mary Our Queen Church in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.
Marine vet counts on prayer to reunite with deported husband
Elizabeth Perez, a Catholic mother of four, tells how her husband was sent back to Mexico and shares her opinion of the failing immigration system in a new PBS documentary film airing April 15.