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Area parishes to host addiction awareness series
St. Bede the Venerable and St. Margaret Parishes will host "We Thirst: Lessons in Mercy," an in-depth workshop presented by recovery specialist and speaker Nina Marie Corona.
Catholic liturgies avoid Christmas decorations, carols in Advent
Unlike stores, malls, public buildings and homes that start gearing up for Christmas at least by Thanksgiving, churches appear almost stark save for Advent wreaths and maybe some greenery or white lights.
In western Kenya, growing sect confuses some local Catholics
Founded in the early 1960s by Catholics who claim to have been visited by Mary for decades prior, Legio Maria members believe they have received special messages about the reincarnation of Jesus as an African.
Newtown and gun violence: One place where the political became personal
The numbers are inescapable: Dec. 14, 26 dead, five years. Those are the basic grim numbers behind the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.
To foster vocations, trust young people, pope tells conference
Pope Francis said those in charge of ministering to youths must know the world and the current generation while looking for ways to announce the good news and proclaim "the gospel of vocation."
Fear and loathing: Rohingya crisis shows danger of identity politics
The situation of the Rohingya is an extreme example of what happens when one's ethnic or religious identity incites such strong fear or pride or that it creates ironclad categories of "us and them."
Sacred Heart Parish offering fun, food, Santa at Christmas Bazaar
The event on Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Clifton Heights parish will feature new gift items, food, baked goods, gift basket raffles, the parish's famous pierogi, a visit from Santa and fun for all.
Defend God’s image by defending the Rohingya, pope urges
Each human being is created in the image and likeness of God, yet so often people desecrate that image with violence as seen in the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya minority, Pope Francis said.
Pray for your priests, pope urges at Mass in Bangladesh
Ordaining 16 new priests in Bangladesh, Pope Francis kept to his practice of using the formal ritual homily for the occasion. But, as often happens, he also felt a need to speak more personally to the people before him.
Uncertainty in Congress envelopes children’s health care program
Congress failed to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to continue the federally funded and state-run Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. Several states were preparing in late November to notify families that the program would end unless the federal government recommits to funding it.