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Pro-life group calls court ruling on Texas law a victory for women
Americans United for Life said a federal court ruling holding up most restrictions on abortion in Texas was "a sweeping victory for women."
Catholic leaders say gaming parlors are causing ‘devastation’ for families
Catholic leaders in Texas are alarmed by the detrimental effect they say local gaming parlors are having especially on families.
Archbishop calls Catholic health care essential for church’s ministry
"St. John Paul II spoke of Catholic health care as an 'essential ministry of the church,'" Archbishop Cupich said. "I would even go further and say that Catholic health care is essential for the church's entire ministry."
Obama in CHA address thanks organization for supporting health care law
Telling the Catholic Health Association that he was there to say thank you, President Barack Obama June 9 recalled the struggles of passing the Affordable Care Act and ticked off the successes since it became law five years ago.
Cardinal: Lay ministers co-workers in evangelization mission of church
Cardinal DiNardo was the opening speaker at the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit June 7-8 in St. Louis. About 120 bishops and pastoral leaders reflected on "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," the bishops' statement on lay ecclesial ministry released 10 years ago.
Scotsman says Medjugorje trip as youth inspired worldwide food program
Mary's Meals is a story of boundless proportions -- feeding 1 million schoolchildren in 13 countries their daily meal even as 18,000 die of hunger-related diseases every day.
Guam becomes 1st U.S. territory to legalize same-sex marriage
Guam's archbishop decried a "tsunami of secularization" after a judge's June 5 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, saying it was "a defeat ... for our island and the whole of humanity."
Faith, fate lead woman to open Christian store in town’s old theater
When Christie Kelley parked her car in front of an old unused building on West Second Street in downtown Grand Island to visit a friend who worked next door, she never imagined what she would find herself doing within a few years.
Biden recalled as devoted husband, father, patriotic public servant
Father O'Donovan, retired president of Georgetown University, was the main celebrant and homilist at the Mass. Other Catholic Church leaders in attendance included Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly; Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States; and Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.
AP: Number of abortions in U.S. has gone down since 2010
"It's important to realize, first of all, that the factors accounting for this are multiple, complex and often hard to measure," said a June 7 statement from Father Frank Pavone, the national director and chairman of Priests for Life, based in Staten Island, New York.