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Despite new law, some Irish pubs will remain closed on Good Friday
The ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday has been in place since 1927. However, in recent years, pub owners have claimed that the prohibition was having a detrimental effect on tourists visiting Ireland for Easter.
Young adults are invited to a weekend reflection at Malvern retreat
Megan Mastroianni of Anthem and Father Matt Guckin will lead a two-day session for participants aged 19 to 35 on May 11 and 12.
Young adult Lenten mission offered March 20
College-age men and women (age 18-30) are invited to the mission, "Jesus, My God, Remember Me in Your Kingdom." It is sponsored by the Ukrainian Catholic Missionary Sisters of Mother of God.
Trump looks at prototypes for border wall that bishop calls ‘grotesque’
The president reviewed designs for the projected $18 billion wall March 13 in San Diego, whose Catholic bishop called the wall "ineffective" and one that "displays and inflames the ethnic and cultural divisions" of the U.S.
Famed German director makes film about Pope Francis
After two years working on a documentary about Pope Francis, the noted German filmmaker Wim Wenders said he is most struck by the pope's courage.
Portland Catholics with food carts find faith buoys them through long days
Hundreds of immigrant entrepreneurs have built Portland's famous and chic trailer dining culture. This class of small-business owners is hard working, creative, enterprising -- and often utterly reliant on faith.
Irish-born religious recall leaving homeland to devote lives to U.S. kids
After World War II, American classrooms swelled with baby boomers. Desperate for English-speaking sisters, some bishops turned to Ireland for help.
Church leaders praise Hawking for contribution to science, dialogue
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who said he did not believe in God, was still an esteemed member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and fostered a fruitful dialogue between science and faith.
National School Walkout is time of prayer for many Catholic schools
March 14, exactly one month since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from around the country planned to walk out of their schools in protest of the nation's gun laws for 17 minutes.
In silence, people find God, Vatican worship official tells audience
One of the Catholic Church's most outspoken leaders urged a rapt audience in St. Michael's Cathedral to embrace silence and be alert to the danger of filling their days with constant news and distraction.