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Mexican archdiocese warns against veneration of ‘pseudo saint’
A Mexican archdiocese is warning against the veneration of a "pseudo saint" created to legitimize criminal activities such as stealing gasoline, saying it is "playing with people's faith."
Delco faithful raise their voices National Day of Prayer
Residents of various faiths offered prayers for the nation and for each other in a tradition begun under President Truman. The May 4 event in Media was one of five in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Father Chuck’s Challenge pours millions into homes for poorest families
After 10 years of hard work the local charity has raised $5.8 million and provided 1,100 desperately poor families in Nicaragua and Haiti with sturdy houses of their own, something that was beyond their wildest dreams.
Family farmers facing worst financial stretch since the 1980s
After a relatively lengthy period of prosperity in the early part of this decade, prices for "row crops" -- corn, soybeans and wheat -- have slid to levels where farmers spend more to raise the crops than they'll get back in sales.
Pilgrimage to Fatima a time of prayer, encounter, pope says
The pope's trip was planned for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Mary's apparitions to three shepherd children in Fatima.
Canadians urged to use hands, hearts, heads to end abortion
Speaking May 11 to thousands of pro-life supporters at Parliament Hill on a blustery day, Cardinal Collins said euthanasia and the crushing of conscience rights "brings shame to our country."
Anti-death penalty activist says she wrestled with issue and ‘God won’
Marietta Jaeger-Lane could have killed with her bare hands the man who kidnapped and murdered her daughter. Now she is a leader of the National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty, which launched May 11.
Bishop urges increased international help to tackle Somalia’s drought
Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti urged the international community to focus on alleviating the drought in Somalia as 6 million people experience severe food shortages and contend with the al-Shabab extremist group.
Catholic leaders criticize Indonesia’s continued use of death penalty
Abolishing the death penalty was one of the recommendations put to Indonesia by member states at the 27th session of the U.N. Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.
Bishops say ‘anti-sanctuary’ move will erode immigrants’ trust of police
The Catholic bishops of Texas said the state's move to prohibit cities and other jurisdictions from providing sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation "does not help peace officers build trust with the migrant community."