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At vigil for Orlando shooting, bishop prays for healing, conversion of terrorists
In Florida and major cities around the nation and the world, people gathered to pay tribute to the 50 people killed and 53 injured in the shooting rampage in Orlando June 12, and to pray for peace.
Prelate hopes Republican plan will be start of new conversation on poverty
Archbishop Wenski said that the Catholic Church can contribute to this discussion from its varied ministries working with the government to help the nation's poor.
Conference encourages young women to be leaders, share gifts with church
The principle themes of the conference were to "receive the gifts you are, realize the gifts you've been given and respond with the gift only you can give."
‘A sword has pierced heart’ of city, says Orlando bishop about shooting
Orlando Bishop John Noonan urged people of faith "to turn their hearts and souls" to God and pray for the victims and others following the worst mass shooting in U.S. history June 12. It left 50 dead and 53 wounded.
Alvare says gender equality is ‘not to be grasped’ but asserted
Speaking to 350 women in their 20s, Helen Alvare's views on feminism, sexual abuse, social outreach, the roles of women and collaboration between the sexes cannot, she said, be expressed by men, but by women.
Church agencies looking for answers in response to new overtime rule
Set to take effect Dec. 1, the new Department of Labor rule roughly doubles the salary threshold at which workers would be exempt from overtime pay from $23,660 ($455 weekly) to $47,476 annually ($913 weekly).
Catholic Charities in Minnesota archdiocese to end two longtime services
In the coming months, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis will close its Seton Prenatal Clinic and cease its adoption program.
Archbishop Gomez calls law allowing physician-assisted suicide ‘unjust’
With California now allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medications for terminally ill patients who ask for them, "we are crossing a line," said the archbishop of Los Angeles.
‘The Greatest’ got his start working at a Louisville Catholic college
It may seem improbable that the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a devout Muslim, would be closely connected with a Catholic religious order.
Foundation named for St. Padre Pio honors actor, former ambassador
The St. Pio Award is presented to individuals who exemplify the St. Pio Foundation's mission, which is to provide service to "those in need of relief from suffering."