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Catholic leaders praise rulings granting stays to Arkansas death-row inmates
UPDATED - A federal judge's April 15 ruling stopped the state from executing six of the inmates with a preliminary injunction handed down in response to a lawsuit filed by the inmates.
Information night set for men interested in becoming a deacon
The archdiocese will sponsor a session April 20 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary for men between the ages of 29 and 55 who believe they may be called to ordained ministry as a permanent deacon.
St. Joseph Parish in Downingtown set to host big, family-themed event
The all-day Family Fully Alive Festival on Sunday, April 30 will offer major speakers for adults, sessions for teens and youths, games for children, food for all and, of course, Mass and confessions. Seed money for the event came from a snowed-out pro-life event.
Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, lifelong Catholic, dies at 84
Rooney, a lifelong Catholic, died April 13 in Pittsburgh at age 84. He helped shape the modern National Football League.
Panelists on both sides of abortion debate if pro-lifers can be feminists
Three speakers from each side of the abortion issue debated the topic for an hour and ultimately agreed on one thing: the need for both sides to build more coalitions to improve conditions for women, including better overall access to health care.
More states consider assisted suicide legislation
More states are considering assisted suicide legislation, although few seem to be making inroads in adding themselves to the five states and the District of Columbia where it is legal.
Bishop urges Arkansas governor to reconsider seven executions
The executions are scheduled April 17-27 and were announced months ago by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who said they had to be done in quick succession to use the state's final batch of the sedative midazolam before it expired at the end of April.
An empty tomb and a bodily resurrection: why it matters
Catholics and other Christians have grown up believing in the Resurrection, but the Apostles themselves were among the first who were skeptical that Jesus arose from the dead.
Byzantine Catholic dedicates life to spreading Fatima message
Natalie Martha Loya, a Byzantine Catholic who lives in the Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, crisscrossed the country during her 35-year apostolate of spreading the Fatima message.
U.S. Catholics urged to use Passion as motivation to ‘change the world’
In cities across the country, the Good Friday Way of the Cross has become a modern-day portrayal of the 14 Stations of the Cross in the passion of Jesus and a way of drawing attention to social justice issues of the day.