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Council of Cardinals publicly expresses support of pope
After a handful of public challenges to Pope Francis' teaching and authority, the members of the pope's international Council of Cardinals began their February meeting expressing their "full support" for his work.
Jealousy threatens fellowship in families, among clergy, pope says
The biblical story of Cain murdering his brother Abel is a cautionary tale on the consequences of allowing bitterness to persist in one's life, the pope said.
Be Christians of substance, not appearance, pope says at Angelus
"May the Virgin Mary, woman of docile listening and joyful obedience, help us to approach the Gospel not just having a Christian 'facade,' but being Christian in substance," he said.
Deacon Philip Heaney laid to rest from Maternity Parish in NE Phila.
Ordained in 1996 and married for 52 years, the deacon was an accountant by trade but “if anyone asked him what his career was, he probably would have said deacon,” his son said. He died Feb. 7 at age 78.
Celebrating, supporting marriage is not only good, but necessary
It's National Marriage Week in the U.S., and several events are scheduled in the Philadelphia Archdiocese to support married couples. Marriages can be happy and strong through grace, said an archdiocesan official.
Tales of love and marriage show the power of commitment
CatholicPhilly.com catches up with four couples in the Philadelphia Archdiocese -- one married 50 years, one just starting out and two in between -- who tell of how they met, how they married and how couples anywhere can stay devoted through the years.
Congress urged to pass conscience protections for health care providers
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore have urged the House and Senate to past the Conscience Protection Act of 2017.
Arizona mother deported from U.S. taken in by shelter just across border
U.S. Immigration agents arrested and deported Garcia de Rayos after she arrived at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Phoenix Feb. 8 for a mandatory check-in.
Pope names envoy to study pastoral care of faithful in Medjugorje
Archbishop Henryk Hoser's assignment has "an exclusively pastoral character," the Vatican said, making it clear his task is separate from the work of a commission set up in 2010.
Couple donates Ethiopian religious manuscripts to Catholic University
The collection includes more than 215 Islamic manuscripts, 125 Christian manuscripts, and 350 so-called "magic" scrolls with prayers to protect the owner or reader from particular illnesses.