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Couple trusts in God throughout cancer diagnosis, high-risk pregnancy
Keith and Donielle Wilde know what it means to live this every day: "Jesus, I trust in you."
Mountaintop removal mining poses economic dilemma for West Virginians
Sitting on the shaded front porch of his two-room cabin on a lazy August afternoon, Delphin Brock pointed toward the next mountain ridge where a few weeks earlier heavy equipment was remaking the landscape. Then, he said, noise from the mining activity echoed over the mountains.
West Virginia’s resources have long been eyed for development
West Virginia's history has long been marked by extractive industries.
Panelists: Executive actions on immigration will face challenges
President Barack Obama's promised executive actions to fix parts of the immigration system won't come until after the Nov. 4 elections, but some analysts are predicting anything he does will be treated contentiously, with legal challenges and calls for impeachment.
Chicago’s new archbishop won’t live in historic mansion
Newly named Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich told the priests of the archdiocese that he will live in the cathedral rectory, not the Archbishop's Residence, after he is installed in Chicago next month. The three-story mansion has been the home of all the archbishops of Chicago since 1885.
U.S. Catholic health care workers, dioceses respond to Ebola crisis
Tabiri Chukunta has been trying to get the word out to the West African community in New Jersey that their families and friends in Liberia need to put on hold, at least temporarily, cultural traditions of greeting people affectionately and washing bodies of the dead.
Catholic involvement helps Girl Scouts feed their ‘hunger for the holy’
One hundred years ago, Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore endorsed the work of the Girl Scouts and their relationship with the Catholic Church.
Liturgical items top agenda at USCCB general meeting in Baltimore
Liturgical matters will take center stage on the agenda of action items at the fall general meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to be held Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore.
Video catechism series uses hip-hop, graphics to appeal to youth
A new series of catechism videos is in the works aimed at youth and focusing on morality.
Food security a moral issue, says bishop at Iowa Hunger Summit
The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace called food security a moral issue during a keynote address Oct. 14 at the Iowa Hunger Summit.