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Catholic bishops join call to Trump to support humanitarian assistance
Five Catholic prelates were among 106 faith leaders who shared their support for U.S. spending on international humanitarian aid in a letter to congressional leaders.
Nuncio: Evangelization, mercy, encounter mark pope’s first four years
"The raison d'etre of the church is evangelization. It's not a business, it's not an organization or an association for the defense of Jesus, but a group called to announce God's presence to humanity," Archbishop Pierre said.
Editor: Dutch church relief tempered by people’s support for Wilders
The editor of the highest-circulation Dutch Catholic weekly said a "general sense of relief" in the church after March 15 elections was tempered by knowledge that many Catholics had supported the losing candidate.
Lent provides opportunity for Catholics to focus attention on homeless
Almsgiving is a Lenten tradition and Washington resident Ron Van Bellen says his volunteer work feeding the homeless honors his Catholic faith as he prepares for Easter.
Irish archbishop: St. Patrick was an ‘undocumented migrant’
The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has urged Irish people and those of Irish descent celebrating St. Patrick's Day to remember the plight of migrants.
15,000 Catholics ask Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
Thousands of Catholics asked President Donald Trump to honor the Paris climate agreement, continue U.S. contributions to the Green Climate Fund and implement the Clean Power Plan governing power plant emissions.
Reaction mixed to EU ruling on religious symbols in workplace
Religious leaders have criticized a ruling by the European Union's highest court that could allow employers to prohibit staff from wearing visible religious symbols in the workplace but some organizations were untroubled by the ruling.
The path toward corruption is a slippery road, pope says
"When a person lives in his own closed environment, when he breathes that air that comes from material goods, from pleasures, from vanity, from feeling safe and only trusting in himself," the pope said, "he loses his bearings, he loses the compass and doesn't know his own limits."
In city and country, deportation worries on the rise
When immigrant parents choose godparents for a baptism, they seek American citizens so they can raise the baby if the parents are deported. In a CatholicPhilly.com special report, Catholic pastors and leaders survey the new landscape of fear in the archdiocese.
Local Catholics donate to collections for CRS, Black and Indian Missions
Catholics in the Philadelphia Archdiocese gave more than $600,000 for the two national collections taken up in churches. Funds raised benefit Catholic Relief Services and church immigration agencies, and evangelization efforts.