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Parkland students arrive in Florida capital to urge action on gun reform
UPDATED - About 100 students from the Parkland school traveled in a three-bus caravan to demand gun restrictions a week after the deadly shooting that left 17 of their classmates and teachers dead.
Florida parishes pray for and recall teens massacred at high school
One girl's "sweet smile and kind heart" and another's "beautiful soul" were remembered at parish services where friends and families of the two victims and an adult coach shared their grief.
Florida Catholic bishops urge governor to spare life of death-row inmate
Eric Branch was scheduled to be executed Feb. 22 for his 1994 conviction of murdering Susan Morris, a college student, in 1993 when he was 21.
Florida man puts his stamp on ‘Offering of Letters’ campaign
An enthusiastic supporter of the Bread for the World Christian citizens anti-hunger lobby, Peter England marshals the efforts of members of his 3,000-household parish to take part in the organization's annual "Offering of Letters" campaign.
Ex-Chilean seminarian: meeting with Vatican abuse investigator ‘intense’
Juan Carlos Cruz, today a Philadelphia resident, met for nearly four hours in New York with Archbishop Charles Scicluna, a longtime expert on clergy sex abuse. "I leave here very hopeful today," Cruz said.
Network social justice lobby unveils ’21st Century Poverty’ campaign
Network's "Nuns on the Bus" road trips have provided its staffers a view of what poverty looks like that can't be seen by sitting at a desk in an office building a few blocks from the Capitol.
U.S. bishops declare national call-in day to urge Congress to save DACA
"With the March 5th deadline looming, we ask once again that members of Congress show the leadership necessary to find a just and humane solution for these young people, who daily face mounting anxiety and uncertainty," they said.
Young church musicians can earn college scholarship
The deadline is fast approaching for applying for the $1,000 Peter LaManna Excellence in Music Scholarship, presented for the second year by the Association of Church Musicians in Philadelphia.
Church’s Lenten observance dedicated to shooting victims, their families
A parish community less than two miles away and directly impacted by the Feb. 14 school shooting at a Broward County high school is finding new purpose in Lent this year.
Pope renews membership of child protection commission
Pope Francis has named nine new members to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, including abuse survivors or the parents of survivors, the Vatican said.