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N.J. man recalls vision cure attributed to Sister Miriam’s intercession
Michael Mencer, 58, well remembers the September day in 1964 when he was walking home from St. Anastasia School in Teaneck.
Fed agency finds subsidized health plans cover elective abortions
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-life Activities, said Congress should require full disclosure of abortion coverage and related premiums to Americans purchasing health plans.
Growing secularization seen as weakening place of religion in U.S.
Religious liberty is under aggressive assault on many fronts in a culture increasingly insensitive to rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to U.S. Constitution, according to speakers at a forum in New York.
Ministries to divorced, remarried strive to echo pope’s call for mercy
Divorce is never easy. From the realization that love has failed to feelings of shame and a tendency to assess blame, divorce poses an untidy conundrum for families even when a couple settles on an amicable legal separation.
Retired Sisters of Charity of New York to receive care at Jewish home
Twenty-six Sisters of Charity of New York will soon move into assisted living facilities at Jewish Home Lifecare in the Bronx after a multiyear study conducted by the religious congregation found it was "no longer feasible to continue doing our retirement ministry on our own."
Catholics stay up all night in Pittsburgh
Eastern-rite and Latin-rite Catholics joined in an all-night prayer vigil Sept. 13-14 at a Byzantine Catholic church in Pittsburgh to celebrate prayerfully their culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse city.
Divorce, migration changing the face of families worldwide, in U.S.
The blended and extended families created by high rates of divorce, remarriage and cohabitation -- and worldwide migration -- have combined to change the view of family as limited to a mother, father and their children.
Lawmakers’ override of vetoes an ‘affirmation that all life matters’
The Missouri Legislature voted Sept. 10 to override Gov. Jay Nixon's vetoes of bills establishing a 72-hour waiting period before an abortion decision and a tax credit bill that benefits pregnancy help centers, maternity homes and food pantries.
Coalition hopes days of prayer, fasting will help bring peace to world
In light of the recent political, military and social conflicts taking place around the world, Catholics and other Christians have found reason to come together in faith to pray for world peace and healing.
Christian leaders meet Obama, discuss concerns for Mideast minorities
Eight Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 minutes talking to President Barack Obama about the situation of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.