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Hip-hop artist says youths must work as hard at faith as other pursuits
More than 5,000 young people got the chance to dance and laugh and pray and worship, all in the context of deepening their faith, at Holy Fire at the UIC Pavilion arena on the West Side of Chicago.
‘Families’ of Cardinal-designate Tobin express pride, joy at appointment
Those families include his mother and siblings, fellow Redemptorists, parishioners and archdiocesan officials.
U.S. Hispanics give big margins to Clinton, Democrats in new Pew poll
In the telephone survey of 1,507 adults, 54 percent favored the Democrats while only 11 percent named the Republicans, whose historic high of support from Latinos was 12 percent in 2011.
National parks: Places of wonder, history, culture, spiritual refuge
During the 100th year of the National Park Service, Catholic News Service traveled to a few of the nation's most popular parks and discovered sites of spiritual refuge beside some of America's most beautiful landscapes.
Mass in Yellowstone ‘an experience of God unlike any other,’ says Jesuit
Father Malloy is a cultural anthropologist, professor and chaplain at the Jesuit-run University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. For the past seven summers, he has gone west to minister in Yellowstone, do some writing and, of course, fish.
Leaked emails show ‘hostility’ to Catholic Church, some say
UPDATED - A Time magazine story published online late Oct. 12 said Brian Fallon, a Clinton spokesperson, responded to the charges of anti-Catholicism, calling it a "faux controversy" courtesy of a WikiLeaks hack.
Cardinal-designate Tobin emphasizes need to combat fear, help refugees
In the talk, he discussed the history and current state of refugee resettlement in the United States, emphasizing the moral imperative that Americans welcome these neighbors as human beings and combat the prevalent fear, anxiety and hostility shown particularly toward individuals from the Middle East.
By laughing at ourselves, we grow, change for better, says actress-writer
Being open to sharing our failures and flaws within and beyond the community of faith is a powerful means to dispel the myth that Catholics are ignorant or judgmental or exclusive in any way, actress Jeannie Gaffigan said.
Florida Supreme Court: Juries must be unanimous in death penalty verdicts
The 5-2 ruling puts Florida in line with most other states that require unanimous jury support for the death sentence.
Shipment heads to Haiti from Miami; plans begin for next phase of relief
Exactly one week after citing an "urgent need" for donations, the Archdiocese of Miami loaded 22 pallets of rice, canned goods, hygienic supplies and diapers onto a ship for transport to Haiti's southwestern peninsula.