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U.S. church officials favor balance of priests, laity in marriage prep
Despite an American cardinal's assertion that priests "have no credibility" to train couples for marriage, U.S. pastoral leaders stressed parenting skills are needed even more than marriage prep.
Cardinal Tagle tearily laments killing of innocents in Philippines
More than 23,000 killings, linked to the government's crackdown on drugs, have been reported in the past two years since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Church leaders are condemning his record.
Men, women with same-sex attraction take Courage at conference
The international Catholic ministry held its annual meeting July 12-14 at Villanova University, where 450 participants shared how "we are all as welcome as any other member of the parish."
West Philly man’s WWII memoir published half-century after his death
When Private First Class Harry Houldin returned home to Philadelphia after serving in Europe and Africa, he wrote a manuscript that laid in a trunk until it was published this year, 56 years after he died in 1962.
Archbishop Hunthausen, 96, led ecumenical efforts following Vatican II
The retired archbishop of Seattle esposed nuclear disarmament, broader roles for women in the church and outreach ministry to gays and lesbians. On ecumenism, he said, "we're all looking for ways to get to God."
New hospital center part of church’s role to be ‘healing force in world’
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston blessed and dedicated the new three-story, 107,000-square-foot Continuous Care Center, nursing care facility, operated by the diocese's Wheeling Hospital..
Nicaraguans fill Virginia church for Mass, prayers for peace at home
When you are more than 1,000 miles away from home and your entire family is struggling with the violence from pro-government groups against the Catholic Church, what can you do?
Music ‘powerful’ way for people to encounter God, says Paulist priest
A concert July 12 celebrated Father Ricky Manalo's selection as 2018 Pastoral Musician of the Year by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, which met in Baltimore for its 41st annual convention.
Amid hardships, Syriac Catholic young people attest to their faith
Driven by a zeal and strong ties to the roots of their faith, 450 young people from all over the world gathered in Lebanon for the first Syriac Youth International Convention, open to people 18-35.
Texas Catholic ‘respite’ center serves as symbol of American compassion
It was Sister Norma Pimentel whose idea it was to create this place to "welcome the stranger" and who came in the form of a migrant to the border town of McAllen.