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NBA players host annual basketball camp for kids
Founded by professional basketball players, the Family Over Everything Foundation will offer training, lunch and transportation at a July 11 and 12 session open to kids aged 7 to 15.
Movie Screening: The Dating Project
Join the Young Adults of Nativity BVM for film screening and discussion with wine and cheese.
Vibrant parish in Canadian ski resort had roots in tiny skier’s chapel
Our Lady of the Mountains -- with visitors from across the globe, a church built like a wooden ski chalet, and Mass participation that ebbs and flows depending on the season -- is one of British Columbia's most unusual churches.
Vatican calls for prayers, support for seafarers, who face many risks
The Vatican invited Catholics to pray for the 1.2 million seafarers around the world who work under difficult conditions and make huge sacrifices in their profession.
God’s grace comes in unexpected, surprising ways, pope says
"God does not conform himself to preconceptions. We have to make an effort to open our hearts and minds to accept the divine reality that presents itself to us," the pope said.
Learn from the past to bring peaceful future to Middle East, pope says
The pope met leaders of Christian churches in the Middle East for an ecumenical day of prayer for peace in the region.
Church urged to approach young people, listen to them, hear their needs
Delegates to the Region II encuentro held recently in Albany highlighted the fact that 60 percent of Catholics under age 18 are Hispanic.
South Carolina church of ‘history and beauty’ becomes minor basilica
It was announced June 24 that the historic St. Peter Church in downtown Columbia will now be known as the Basilica of St. Peter. It is the first minor basilica in South Carolina and the 85th in the United States.
US bishops’ head says Roe should not be litmus test for judicial nominees
UPDATED - Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said he has "grave concerns" that the confirmation process of a new Supreme Court justice would be "grossly distorted" by senators.
Missionaries of Charity nun in India charged with child trafficking
The nun, identified only as Concilia, was detained for questioning July 4 following complaints that babies had been sold to childless couples.