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U.S. urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted babies
The federal FDA will end its contract with a company whose business, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, "is to procure aborted baby parts for research." He praised the decision yet urged the Trump administration to cease funding all such research.
With Academy for Life, experts urge greater access to palliative care
A group of physicians and other health care experts are working with the Vatican to promote what they see as a sorely needed form of "advanced medical care" -- palliative care, which is centered on pain relief and emotional, spiritual and social support of patients with chronic, progressive diseases.
Fr. James Blount Presentation & Healing Mass
Join the Miraculous Medal Shrine community on Saturday, October 27, for a presentation and Healing Mass by Father James Blount, SOLT!
Three convents in Congo attacked within two-week span
Three convents in Congo were attacked by armed men in the latest violence targeting the Catholic Church in the central Africa country.
The Problem of Love: Is a Self-less Love Possible?
Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture welcomes participants to a 5-session seminar on The Problem of Love: Is a Self-less Love Possible? An Investigation of Classical and Christian Traditions, co-facilitated by Dr. Paul Camacho and Dr. Ian Clausen, both Arthur J. Ennis Post-doctoral Fellows in the Humanities at Villanova University.
St. Francis Xavier Forty Hours Devotion
All are welcome to join the community at St. Francis Xavier for their annual 40 hours.
The pope and the martyr: New saints offer youths a road map to holiness
The Catholic Church has its share of young saints who gave witness through their lives that holiness can be attained even at a young age.
Top Vatican diplomat calls for universal abolition of death penalty
Abolishing the death penalty worldwide would reflect the brave and hope-filled belief that crime can be dealt with without capital punishment and that a criminal should be given the chance to reform, a top Vatican diplomat told world leaders.
U.S. bishops find ‘honest, hopeful’ young adults at V Encuentro
The young people need to be taken into account. They have very important ideas, very bright ideas. Their concerns are good, you have to guide them, but they are good."
Citing contributions to U.S., migrants demand permanent status
An immigration program in peril helped them over the years pour millions into the U.S. economy, and also contributed to their role in physically rebuilding the country's iconic structures and cities after disasters.