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Humanity 2.0: Vatican hosts experts to discuss tenderness
Close to 100 financiers, philanthropists, artists, tech experts, physicians, politicians and religious leaders spent more than an hour in a Vatican meeting room talking about tenderness.
Be fruitful and multiply: Threatened trees planted in Vatican Gardens
The Vatican Gardens has branched out and added a small orchard to its hillsides, becoming a safe haven for a number of endangered native Italian fruit and nut tree species.
Bush recalled for her ‘unwavering love, devotion’ to family, community
Wife of the nation's 41st president and mother of the 43rd president, Barbara Bush died at home in Houston April 17 surrounded by family. She was 92.
Mexican priest stabbed in his parish
Father Ruben Alcantara Diaz was attacked April 18, just prior to the 7 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Carmen Parish in Cuautitlan Izcalli, the Diocese of Izcalli said in a short statement.
Mother killed on Southwest flight was firm believer in Catholic schools
Jennifer Riordan, a Catholic wife and mother from Albuquerque, N.M., was a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight and died from injuries she suffered when one of the plane's engines broke apart and burst into the cabin through a window.
Motion fails: Parliament wanted to direct CCCB on papal abuse apology
A conservative member of Parliament blocked a motion calling on the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to invite Pope Francis to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in abuse at Indian residential schools.
‘V Encuentro’ inspires Texas youth group to connect with other cultures
The "V Encuentro" process is emphasizing evangelization and the call of every baptized Catholic to be a missionary disciple of God's love.
Pope calls German cardinal to Rome to discuss eucharistic sharing
Cardinal Reinhard Marx said that "we recognize a challenging and urgent pastoral task" to determine if and under what circumstances couples of different denominations who regularly go to church together can receive the Eucharist together.
Caritas Syria: Air strikes reopened wounds, but agency still able to help
Caritas Syria said the recent massive missile strikes by the United States, Britain and France, intended to weaken Syria's chemical weapons capability, have not hindered its assistance to the country's poor and internally displaced.
Sister Theresa Gerrity ministered for 72 years as St. Joseph Sister
The native of Centralia, Pa., the former Sister Martin Cecilia, served in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and Newark. She died April 6 at age 94.