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5,000 pounds of food from Goya will feed hungry families
The food company donated a truckload of food to archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services, which will distribute it to 50 food cupboards in the archdiocese. NDS provided 2.3 million meals last year, up 6 percent.
Open your heart to that small splendor born in Bethlehem, pope says
Christmas is a time to open your heart to the little and wondrous things found in baby Jesus -- born poor and defenseless so he could be near and bring hope to everyone, Pope Francis said.
Texas bishops, cemeteries developing burial options for aborted children
Effective Dec. 19, new state regulations from the Department of State Health Services require the interment of the remains of all children who are lost through abortion or miscarriage at a health care facility or abortion clinic.
New report shows disparities in education levels of religious groups
A new study showing the disparity of education levels among religious groups ranks Jews as the faith group with the most formal education and Muslims and Hindus with the least years of formal schooling.
Organizers announce ‘The Power of One’ as theme for 2017 March for Life
Organizers of the March for Life made it clear Dec. 13 that although they're "cautiously optimistic" about eventually overturning the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision with a Donald Trump administration and a Republican-controlled House and Senate, they don't expect to be in lockstep with other aspects of the new president's agenda.
Sweet harmonies of Missouri cloistered nuns are fruit of their faith
Chances are that this new album, "Caroling at Ephesus," will be a hit. Though the sisters live quietly in near obscurity -- their singing is well-known. Four of their previous albums have topped the music charts.
Politics, courts involved in U.S. health care’s 2016 diagnosis
U.S. health care seemed stuck in the waiting room for part of the year, holding out for its future prognosis from courtroom and political decisions.
Pope Francis names Bishop Burns of Juneau to head Dallas Diocese
Pope Francis has named Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, to be bishop of Dallas, succeeding now-Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, who headed the Dallas Diocese until he was named in August to be the first prefect of the new Vatican office for laity, family and life.
Indian missionaries teach faith by living among poor in remote areas
Priests, nuns and laypeople are living in mud-and-dung huts among tribal Indians, "reaching the unreached," said Msgr. John E. Kozar, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
Document offers church’s hope for farmers as ‘agricultural leaders’
While today's family farmers worldwide are tested as never before, the church believes they can contribute to a more just ordering of life, said a new document issued Dec. 7.