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Utah to appeal ruling on same-sex marriage ban to U.S. Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY (CNS) -- Utah's attorney general said July 9 the state will go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of overturning a federal appellate court's ruling that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Goal of Ignatian retreats to help people move out of poverty, find hope
ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) -- He was a young man, but his addiction had been raging for a long time -- and it had destroyed everything.
Young Catholic men learn ‘where they are going’ at country retreat
Quo Vadis Days helped 101 teenagers from diverse backgrounds and mostly from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia discern God’s call in their lives at a camp setting in Lancaster County.
Members of media give perspectives on migration issues at conference
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Members of the media offered their perspectives on migration in the modern world during the 2014 National Migration Conference in Washington.
Fortnight observance called advocacy, faith formation for Catholics
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the nation's capital and across the country, Catholics gathered to mark the end of the Fortnight for Freedom observance that calls them to celebrate religious freedom and grow in awareness of efforts the Catholic Church sees as threats to that freedom, chief among them the federal government's contraceptive mandate.
Court may compel priest to break confessional seal in abuse case
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) -- Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional concerning an abuse case. He could be jailed for refusing to testify, or be excommunicated from the church if he does so.
Minors at border should be thought of as refugees, speakers say
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- From the head of the U.S. agency in charge of the welfare of more than 50,000 Central American children who have been apprehended at the Mexican border, to the Honduran cardinal who heads the international Catholic relief agency, Caritas, the message was clear, those minors are as much refugees as the people fleeing upheaval in Syria or South Sudan.
Catholic owners of Indiana business hail high court ruling as victory
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Bill Grote jumped out of his chair when he saw a television report the day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision regarding Burrell v. Hobby Lobby.
New radio program covers life issues, ways to spread culture of life
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CNS) -- A new radio program launched in the Palm Beach Diocese in June with a focus on shedding light on pro-life issues, and sharing ways to get involved in promoting the culture of life in the not-so-pro-life world.
Why children run from their Central American homes
The reasons for a 92 percent increase in unaccompanied minors coming to the United States from Central America include rising violence from gangs, joblessness from a new coffee blight and the perception that children might be granted asylum in America just because they are children.