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Lenten Fish Fry
The Ukrainian American Youth Association invites you, your family, and your friends to its annual Lenten Fish Fry!
In France, Caritas helps asylum seekers sleeping in Calais woods
The church's charitable aid agency continues its outreach to hundreds of migrants sheltering in the French port city while hoping to reach the United Kingdom.
Artists can help people discover beauty of God’s love, pope says
In a Feb. 24 meeting, Pope Francis urged a group of creative professionals to use their talents as a means of witness and evangelization.
Congo’s bishops: Two killed during protests against ‘dictatorship’
More than 3 million have rallied nationwide to demand the resignation of President Joseph Kabila, resulting in clashes between demonstrators and police at a number of parishes.
Euthanasia in hospices ‘a serious error,’ says Vancouver archbishop
A regional health authority now requires hospices in its jurisdiction to provide on-site assisted suicide, a move denounced by Archbishop J. Michael Miller as a "serious error" that stands in "stark contrast" to compassionate medical care.
Mideast Christian leaders shut Church of Holy Sepulcher to protest taxes
UPDATED - Municipal officials in Jerusalem are seeking to tax church property not used for worship purposes, abolishing a centuries-old exemption. In addition, a bill in the Israeli parliament would limit the sale of church-owned land to private buyers.
Catholic schools, spared from mass school shootings, remain vigilant
School administrators know it's been 50 years since someone died in a school fire but only a week since the last mass shooting. Training for crisis situations has been routine at Catholic schools since the 1999 Columbine massacre.
Cardinal explains, apologizes for tweet that caused ‘misunderstanding’
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark has apologized for a tweet that sent Twitter flaming late Feb. 22 when he publicly tweeted "a message meant as a private communication with one of my sisters," he said.
In op-ed, Newark cardinal speaks up for immigrants
Cardinal Joseph Tobin said he wants Congress and "Americans who have forgotten their own immigrant story" to "act in the best traditions of our history and of our faith" and find a solution for youths known as Dreamers.
Supreme Court blocks Trump administration’s effort to end DACA
The high court on Feb. 26 declined to hear and rule on whether the administration has the right to shut down on March 5 a program that protects young adults brought to the U.S. without legal permission as minors.