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Martyred Spanish Claretians offered culture of peace, says cardinal
More than a hundred Spanish Claretian missionaries were beatified as Catholic martyrs, eight decades after they were killed during their country's 1936-39 civil war.
Supreme Court lets ruling stand preventing Ten Commandments display
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal about an order to remove a Ten Commandments display outside City Hall in Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Priest among six arrested at Pennsylvania pipeline construction site
A priest arrested for protesting a natural gas pipeline being built through land owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Pennsylvania said he acted because he agreed with the sisters that the project is desecrating the earth.
Catholic organizations, groups actively working on Puerto Rico’s recovery
Despite early logistical obstacles, as of Oct. 20, the local Caritas chapter had disbursed over $1.1 million in aid to an estimated 50,000 people -- including food, clothing, first aid supplies, potable water and sundries.
In letter, pope clarifies new norms for translation of Mass prayers
The Vatican won't "impose" a specific liturgical translation on bishops' conferences, Pope Francis told a prominent Vatican Cardinal, but rather will recognize the bishops' expertise on the best translation of Latin texts into their local languages.
Church can’t be blind, deaf to people with special needs, pope says
The Catholic Church must be welcoming and creative in finding ways to not let people's physical, psychological or intellectual limitations keep them from encountering God, Pope Francis said.
In Caribbean, church agencies help as process of rebuilding begins
Caribbean islands decimated during a disastrous hurricane season are starting the long, costly process of rebuilding, even as aid agencies are assisting thousands of families left homeless by the storms.
Biblical scholar, ecumenism expert to speak Oct. 23 on Reformation
The St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Lecture Series continues on Monday night, Oct. 23 with a talk by Dr. Timothy George on “The Reformation After 500 Years: An Ecumenical Remembrance.”
Archdiocese inviting proposals to redevelop center city property
The campus of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center and the Cathedral Basilica is on a prime location overlooking Logan Circle and within view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Bids may be put out early next year.
Holy Land Christians must work together, pope tells patriarch
UPDATED - "How good it would be to say of Catholics and Orthodox living in Jerusalem what the Evangelist Luke said of the first Christian community: 'All who believed were together ... one heart and soul,'" the pope told the patriarch.