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Helping kids, families stay safe on Snapchat
More than 83 percent of U.S. children ages 12 to 17 use the popular social media app monthly. The Smart Girl Society helps young students and their parents navigate the perils of the digital world.
Something for (almost) everyone in omnibus budget package
The 2,000-page omnibus spending package passed by Congress in overnight sessions March 22 and signed into law the following day by President Donald Trump may not meet everybody's definition of omnibus.
Panel on faith, faithful in politics called needed in ‘polarized world’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A panel discussion on “Faith and the Faithful in U.S. Politics” is “so needed … in our polarized world,” said Jesuit Father Kevin Gillespie, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Washington, said in introducing the speakers. That was a point affirmed in the ensuing conversation among four panelists who represented conservative and […]
Indiana ‘Dreamer’ wants to stay out of the shadows
"It's real scary. Imagine not knowing what's going on. Today you have DACA, tomorrow you don't anymore, and you'll be going back into the shadows again," Ana Bautista said.
Catholic Benefits Association wins suit filed in 2014 against HHS mandate
A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Catholic Benefits Association and issued declaratory relief and a permanent injunction against a mandate requiring employers to provide coverage for contraception and abortifacients.
$900,000 grant helps train Catholic lay chaplains in Texas archdiocese
Men and women from Catholic parishes will be providing sacramental and spiritual care ministry to patients and their families.
U.S. Crosiers emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The bankruptcy, filed last June, was in large part because of expected payments to survivors of sexual abuse by a few members of the order more than three decades ago.
Cardinal: Words ‘we all long to hear’ lay in sacrament of reconciliation
In preparing for Easter, many Catholic parishes worldwide opened their church doors for extended hours for the sacrament of reconciliation with penance services on Good Friday.
Catholics like much of U.S. in their regard for the Ten Commandments
U.S. Catholics line up like most of their religious counterparts in the country in how they regard the teachings of the Ten Commandments, according to a survey commissioned by the Deseret News.
Christ is victorious over all that divides people, pope says
Pope Francis said it is important today to rediscover the value of fraternity and community that the first Christians lived, "rediscovering how to give space to Jesus who never separates, but always unites."