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Teens enjoy prayerful, fun Generation Phaith rally
About 200 teenagers came together last Saturday at Cardinal O'Hara High school for the annual day of inspiring talks, hands-on activities and prayer, sponsored by the archdiocesan Youth and Young Adult Ministry.
‘Spotlight’ is not anti-Catholic, Vatican newspaper says
"It is not an anti-Catholic movie ... because the film succeeds in giving voice to the alarm and deep pain" experienced by Catholics after reporters in Boston revealed the scandal of clerical abuse, said a Vatican paper.
Rise in extreme poverty traced to 1996 welfare reform law
Meet the Washington family of Ohio, who live on $2 a day per person. One study shows the number of such families rose 159 percent from 1996 to 2011. Says one researcher: "We didn't reform welfare. We actually killed it."
Priest’s mission starts with getting people to the dinner table
"The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures. It's implicit in our liturgical calendar," he said, also adding that without question it's a key component of the Mass.
Cooking priest shares recipe for ‘super quick’ Lenten meal
Father Leo Patalinghug, known by many as the cooking priest, demonstrated for Catholic News Service how to make a Lenten meal that he described as "super quick" with delicious flavors that also goes along well with the Lenten theme of simplicity.
Cardinal tells Australian abuse hearing he won’t defend indefensible
Cardinal Pell gave evidence at a special session convened in Rome's Hotel Quirinale via video link to the Commission in Australia, from where he was questioned for four hours by Gail Furness, senior counsel assisting the commission.
St. Louis archbishop pushes for switch to Girl Scout alternatives
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has formed a new Catholic Committee for Girls Formation that is being charged with ministry to all girls in the archdiocese.
Don’t let economic freedom trample human rights, pope tells employers
Don't allow the market to be "an absolute, but honor the requirements of justice," he said in an audience at the Vatican Feb. 27 with representatives of Confindustria -- a federation of employers and the chamber of commerce in Italy.
Persecution by ISIS draws once-divided Christians closer
"Just as in the early church," Pope Francis said, the murder of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians by Islamic State militants "has become the seed of Christian unity ... what unites us is greater than what divides us."
Court favors diocese in same-sex discrimination claim
A Missouri circuit court judge granted the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph's motion for summary judgment in a suit filed by a woman who was fired from her parish job after her same-sex marriage was publicized.