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Pope Francis and Vatican II: It’s not a battleground, but the future
For the Catholic Church in the modern world and its future health and holiness, Pope Francis is convinced that the Second Vatican Council --especially its liturgical reforms -- holds the key.
Elderly called to be ‘teachers of tenderness,’ pope says
Elderly men and women often have "a special sensitivity for care, for reflection and affection" that is sorely needed in today's war-torn world, Pope Francis said in a new video.
Supreme Court allows Biden to end Trump-era migrant policy
The "Remain in Mexico" policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their asylum hearings may be rescinded, cheering Catholic advocates.
Court allows vaccine mandate without religious exemption
The Supreme Court June 30 rejected a challenge to New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers with no religious exemption.
Little learners claim diplomas, with eye to kindergarten
More than 50 graduates of the archdiocesan Casa del Carmen Preschool Academy in North Philadelphia turned their tassels June 24, to the cheers of teachers, staff and family.
Black Catholic saints in the making remind kids ‘God is calling you,’ says presenter
To cap their academic year, students at St. Pius X School in Broomall learned about six African Americans on the road to sainthood, from a young man pursuing his own unexpected path to priesthood.
Nigerian church, site of June massacre, said to reopen this fall
A Catholic church where at least 40 worshippers were slain by terrorists June 5 during Pentecost Mass will reopen. Despite good interfaith relations, some Muslim extremists seek an expanded caliphate, said the region's Catholic bishop.
Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua
The expulsion of the sisters and their homes for for abandoned adolescents and elderly, is the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church by the country's increasingly repressive government.
Pray for migrants who died in truck, archbishop says
The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for some 53 people found dead June 27 in sweltering conditions in a truck, part of the worst smuggling operation in U.S. history.
Ruling on private school funding prompts new look at Blaine amendments
The 19th century laws prohibiting public funds being used to support religious schools -- a vestige of American anti-Catholicism -- are under scrutiny after the Supreme Court ruled on the issue June 21.