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Catholic advocates urge feds to suspend deportation of mother of four
Maribel Trujillo Diaz fled Mexico in 2002 and has been living in the United States since then without legal authorization. Her family has been targeted by Mexican cartels because they have refused to work for them."
Via Crucis: French woman’s meditations highlight victory of love
Pope Francis asked Anne-Marie Pelletier to share her reflections with the worldwide audience that follows the stations on the night of Good Friday. She is the first wife, mother and grandmother to author meditations for the papal service.
Arizona governor lauded for signing bill to expand school choice in state
The Arizona Catholic Conference hailed the expansion of an Arizona school choice program that will allow any kindergarten through 12th-grade student to use state funds to pay for private school or other educational expenses.
Franciscan superiors ask pope to allow brothers to be elected leaders
Father Michael Perry told Vatican Radio, "We left a letter as a formal request for a dispensation" from canon law requirements that in most religious orders with both priests and brothers only a priest can be elected to the top leadership offices.
Peruvians carve life-size Way of the Cross for new Las Vegas parish
Five young Peruvian stone carvers have spent the past year fashioning the life-size Stations of the Cross from six-foot-tall blocks of Italian marble for a parish in the United States.
Bishops say Syria peace can only come through ‘dialogue, reconciliation’
Officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops April 7 urged renewed peace efforts for Syria, echoing Pope Francis' call for "dialogue and reconciliation" as the only way to attain peace in a country rocked by an ongoing civil war.
After rules change, Senate confirms court nominee Gorsuch in 54-45 vote
McConnell changed Senate rules to allow Gorsuch to be confirmed with a simple majority vote, rather than needing 60 votes, to counter a Democratic filibuster.
Pope gives youths three missions before synod, World Youth Day
Pope Francis gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the pope himself know what they need from the church.
Pope: Scientists must defend creation from distorted use of biotech
The responsible use of the "enormous and growing" power of science is a "fundamental cornerstone" of humankind's actions in promoting the development of plant, animal and human life, the pope said.
See suffering Jesus today, pope says on Palm Sunday
Jesus is "present in our many brothers and sisters who today endure sufferings like his own," Pope Francis said at Palm Sunday Mass. The pope also decried recent terrorist attacks in Sweden and Egypt, rebuking "those who sow terror, violence and death."