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Adopting triplets changes a couple’s lives, and their babies
The mother of Sebastien, Sidney and Sophe-Elizabeth wanted to abort them unless they could be adopted together. After their adoption they were among thousands baptized in the Catholic Church this Easter.
Rally outside White House Easter Egg Roll seeks end of family detention
Rally organizers said they chose the day and the site to highlight how children being held in the detention centers did not have the freedom to participate in any Easter celebration.
Catholic leaders reflect on life, work of EWTN founder Mother Angelica
"Like the best evangelists, she used the communications tools of her time to make this happen. She displayed a unique capacity for mission and showed the world once again the vital contribution of women religious."
Theft of historic painting shakes parish in old gold-mining town
The painting, a unique image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, recently disappeared from San Francisco de Asis Church during a restoration project. As crews worked to refurbish old wooden ceiling beams, the painting was stolen.
Mother Angelica, founder of EWTN, dies after long illness
The outspoken pioneer in Catholic cable television programming died Easter Sunday at 92. Archbishop Charles Chaput called her "one of the great American Catholics of the past half-century."
Freedom of speech gets bumpy ride on U.S. college campuses
At a March 21 panel discussion at the Newseum in Washington, panelists bemoaned that it has "been a bad year for free speech" on campuses and placed the blame on government regulations, school administrators and more increasingly, campus students.
Franciscan sister says there was ‘no limit’ to Joe Garagiola’s generosity
Baseball legend and popular sports broadcaster Joe Garagiola, who died March 23 at age 90, recounted in a Catholic News Service interview 20 years ago how St. Peter Mission School in the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix claimed his heart.
Report says poverty, racial disparity, other major issues face Gulf South
Louisiana ranks 51st -- dead last among all states and the District of Columbia -- in an index of nine "social justice indicators." Finishing just ahead of Louisiana on the index among Gulf South states -- but far down the national list -- were Mississippi (50th), Texas (49th), Alabama (48th) and Florida (41st).
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in HHS mandate case
Religious freedom was at stake, the plaintiffs argued, because even though contraceptive coverage would come via a third party, religious employers would be complicit in providing something that violates their beliefs.
Ohio seminary’s rector wants tougher admissions policy
The head of the pontifical seminary proposes creating a national database for seminary applicants, hiring private investigators to review applications and interviews by an admissions committee and staff psychologist.