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Conference examines what it means to educate from heart of the church
The July 23-26 conference, hosted by the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, presented a vision of education as an all-encompassing field incorporating all aspects of human existence.
Vincentian in Paris leads effort to resettle migrants fleeing danger
As Europe continues to struggle with migrant and refugee arrivals, Catholics in the French capital are heeding Pope Francis' call to come to their aid by providing practical and spiritual help to the newcomers.
The path to holiness isn’t for the lazy, pope tells altar servers
Christ's commandment to love God and neighbor is a path trodden by those who have the desire to become saints, Pope Francis told thousands of altar servers from around the world.
Crimes, oppression against religion ‘span width of our world,’ says Pence
In a speech at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, Vice President Mike Pence described the state of religious freedom around the world and the wide variety of attacks it faces.
Priests in Singapore, Europe have key roles in marriage preparation
Amid recent controversy caused by comments from Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, that priests have "no credibility" in marriage preparation, international trends show that priests remain a vital part of the process.
U.S. altar servers bring tradition, heritage to Rome
The annual gathering, which began as a meeting of German altar servers with the pope, has expanded worldwide and brought an estimated 60,000 young men and women from 19 countries to the Vatican.
Catholics collect aid for victims of deadly Indonesian earthquake
The magnitude 6.4 quake struck Lombok, Indonesia's popular tourist island, July 29, killing at least 16 people, injuring 355 others and forcing more than 5,100 people from their homes, according to the country's national disaster agency.
Sessions: Contributions of religious people make U.S. ‘stronger as nation’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke about ongoing threats to religious freedom and what can be done to halt them at a conference held July 30 at the Department of Justice.
Religious liberty ‘rooted in dignity of human person,’ says archbishop
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, gave three reasons why religious freedom is important to the Catholic Church in a speech July 30 at a conference on the issue at the Justice Department in Washington.
Latin Patriarchate objects to Israel’s new nation-state law
The patriarchate said the law is a "cause of great concern" because the rights of Palestinian citizens, who make up 20 percent of Israel's population, are not protected by the law. He also raised concern for the rights of Israel's Christian citizen under the law.