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Southampton parishioners learn how to take action for pro-life mission
A symposium June 3 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish presented three women leaders in the pro-life movement who showed how much help is offered for pregnant women considering an abortion.
Americans’ acceptability of porn hits new high this decade
While the acceptability of porn still holds minority status in the United States, it has climbed to 43 percent, according to Gallup Poll figures released June 5.
Concert at the Cathedral Basilica
Featuring the world’s finest active duty musicians performing modern woodwind compositions and classic favorites for audiences of all ages.
We Thirst: Christian Reflections on Addiction
An informational and formational series of four evenings of reflection or a weekend retreat, this program examines the four aspects of the bio-psycho-social-spiritual disease of addiction.
Church leaders urged to ‘deepen, intensify’ engagement with Hispanics
Priests, religious and lay leaders met in Detroit June 2-3 for the Region VI meeting of V Encuentro, a gathering of church leaders to discuss how better to minister to the region's Hispanic population.
World Youth Day Cross and Marian Icon to tour U.S. in August
Panama Archbishop Jose Domingo Mendieta decided to extend the Latin American tour of the Cross and Icon to include stops in the United States.
Since Mass in a movie theater, St. Robert Parish keeps on growing
Pioneer parishioners remember sweeping up popcorn before liturgies 50 years ago when the Warrington, Bucks County parish was founded. Today it is adding 70 families every year.
As young Kenyans leave villages, sisters care for elderly left behind
The trend means elderly Kenyans increasingly are being left to struggle alone with disease and health problems in their rural homes.
Maryland parishioners urged to help one another in flood aftermath
In the immediate aftermath of the flood that washed through Main Street and other parts of historic Ellicott City May 27, St. Paul Church, perched on the hill above the floodwaters, was able to serve folks in little ways.
Panel sees return to respect for institutions as antidote to polarization
That was one of the conclusions of a June 5 panel discussion at Georgetown University for a conference convened by the university's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life along with other organizations.