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By plane, train and bus, Chaldean priest visits Iraqi refugees in Turkey
Being the only Chaldean Catholic priest in charge of pastoral work in Turkey, Father Adday, as he is known, has become a true itinerant priest, a road warrior who, each year, logs thousands of miles tending his flock, the community of Iraqi Christian refugees in Turkey.
Pope indicates he will travel to Ireland in 2018
After meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said the pope confirmed he will visit Ireland in 2018 and that trip organizers would look at the possibility of a stop in Northern Ireland.
Big crowd could have watched Eagles’ game, but they stood up for life instead
Some 1,300 pro-life Catholics defied conventional wisdom -- don't schedule a fundraiser while the Eagles are playing -- and packed a hotel for the annual Stand Up for Life Dinner Nov. 20 to benefit the area's largest pro-life organization.
Pope speaks to Jesuits about discernment, vocations, poverty
Pope Francis called for a recovery of moral reasoning after the example of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, who "affirm that the general principle holds for all but as one moves to the particular, the question becomes diversified and many nuances arise without changing the principle."
Life lost, church and other buildings damaged in natural gas explosion
The blast, which killed one utility worker and injured 11, occurred just before 6 p.m. as workers with the local power company attempted repairs after a third-party contractor had ruptured a gas line behind the city's historic Opera House.
HHS contraceptive mandate in limbo awaiting action by new administration
Even though nothing has been announced yet, Mark Rienzi, lead attorney for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty seems confident Donald Trump's campaign promises to repeal some or all of the Affordable Care Act would very likely put the contraceptive issue off the table.
At Thanksgiving, Americans ‘united in debt we owe to God,’ say prelates
"It is a grateful tradition people of many faiths have honored since even before our country's founding," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president, and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president.
Tennessee bishop offers prayers, pastoral outreach after tragic bus crash
News accounts said 35 students in kindergarten through fifth-grade from Woodmore Elementary School were on the bus when it slammed into a tree and came apart. Six children were killed and several others were injured.
Detroit synod aims to create ‘joyful band of missionary disciples’
The synod members gathered to begin their task of discussing, debating and deliberating on the synod's 46 themes over the weekend, broken into four sessions on individuals, families, parishes and Archdiocesan Central Services.
Pope asks scientists to find solutions, declare rules to save planet
Humanity does not own God's gift of creation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said.