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Priest uses his mother’s sauce recipe to help the needy, evangelize
Father Jim used his mother's tomato sauce recipe to create the product and is donating part of the proceeds of sauce sales to the Lexington Diocese and Southeast Texas Hospice.
Peruvian Catholics offer pious faith as purifying devotion in Phila.
About 200 faithful at St. William Parish gathered for a prayerful street procession with an image of El Señor de los Milagros -- Lord of the Miracles -- a devotion from their homeland in Peru.
Christian leaders urge U.S. to restore aid to East Jerusalem hospitals
U.S. Christian leaders expressed "grave concern" about the Trump administration's decision to stop financial assistance to six East Jerusalem hospitals.
‘Keep us in mind,’ says DACA recipient in urging people to vote
A group of Catholic high school seniors lobbying on Capitol Hill Nov. 5 knows there is a lot at stake in the midterm elections.
Pope urges French bishops to fight child abuse, follow zero tolerance
The pope said he hoped their "welcoming and listening to victims" would strengthen their "determination in the implementation of zero tolerance and your work," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Pope focuses on ‘good politics’ for 2019 World Peace Day message
The world will not have peace without people having mutual trust and respecting each other's word, the Vatican said as it announced Pope Francis' 2019 World Peace Day message would focus on "good politics."
Pittsburgh parishes asked to collect funds for Jewish congregations
"This collection is a gift of love and solidarity from one religious community to another, to say that the Catholic people of southwestern Pennsylvania suffer with you and we are here to support you," Bishop Zubik said.
High court to consider if 40-foot-cross war memorial endorses religion
The Supreme Court announced Nov. 2 that it would hear oral arguments this term to consider if a 40-foot cross in Maryland endorses religion or is simply a secular memorial.
Caravan heads to Mexico City; Guadalupe basilica opens for migrants
At least 1,000 migrants departed Nov. 5 from Cordoba, 190 miles southeast of Mexico City, hoping to make a final push to the national capital. They were joined by another group departing from Puebla -- closer to Mexico City -- where they had received assistance and slept in parishes.
Asia Bibi’s acquittal of blasphemy challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court
Three judges of the court ordered Oct. 31 that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to be set aside and she was to be released from prison, where she has spent eight years in solitary confinement.