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Catholic Charities agencies eye layoffs over uncertainty on refugees
Even as President Trump's temporary ban on certain refugees remains on hold, Catholic Charities USA says 700 church workers' resettlement jobs are at risk. The organization is raising funds to save the jobs in 80 dioceses.
Pope chooses Franciscan friar to lead his Lenten retreat
Franciscan Father Giulio Michelini, 53, will lead meditations on the Gospel of Matthew's description of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, according to the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.
Bills for assisted suicide, same-sex marriage arise in Alaska
Despite a 2001 state court decision denying a right to doctor-prescribed suicide, Alaska legislators are mulling whether the state should be the seventh to permit the practice. Opponents agree with the church's teaching that life "is not ours to dispose of."
Vatican official: Religions must promote dialogue in war-torn world
Growing tension, conflict and violence around the world challenge religious leaders to support dialogue and work together to promote universal moral values, said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva.
Class Acts: A sit down with the principal of Nativity of Our Lord School
CatholicPhilly.com presents a Q&A with the Warminster parish school’s principal, Roselee Maddaloni, the latest in a special ongoing series of interviews with leaders of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
First phase of Fatima visionary’s sainthood cause completed
The local Portuguese diocese finished its probe into the life of Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. Sister Lucia died in 2005 at age 97. Pope Francis will visit Fatima in May.
Explaining ‘Amoris,’ Vatican official sees path to sacraments for remarried Catholics
A cardinal heading the Vatican committee to interpret canon law sees a two-fold way for divorced and remarried couples to receive Communion: they must recognize their situation is sinful and desire to change it.
For members of Siervas, ministry spans service, music for the soul
The 12 women religious in the group -- The Servants in English -- have taken their inspirational music to other countries and created hits that their fans sing and carry in their hearts.
Catholics wait: Where’s the exec order on religious freedom?
Talk of President Donald Trump possibly signing an executive order on religious freedom has been replaced with talk about what happened to it and what a final version, if there is one, will look like. It should have 5 key points, the bishops suggest.
NCEA leader says school choice support can help Catholic parents
"This could be a huge opportunity for parents wanting to choose the right school for their children," Thomas Burnford, NCEA president, told participants at the Archdiocese of San Francisco's annual high school teachers' consortium.