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Government seeks public input on ways to implement disputed HHS mandate
The Obama administration is seeking input on ways the government can comply with religious employers' refusal on moral grounds to cover contraceptives for employees and at the same time make sure those employees get such coverage.
Police raise security threat level in Krakow but say no concrete danger
Polish police have raised the official security threat level at World Youth Day in Krakow, after an Iraqi man was arrested with traces of explosives.
WYD pilgrims try to grasp the grimness of death at Auschwitz camps
"It's very sad that humans could have done this to other humans. It's amazing (that) you're walking in the suffering. In the silence you hear the stumbling, the falling, the crying of the people."
Clinton’s VP pick, a Catholic, faces criticism for his stand on abortion
Kaine's platform has become more accepting of abortion since his time as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, when he approved funding for crisis pregnancy centers and upheld abortion restrictions such as a 24-hour waiting period and parental notification.
Catholics often first responders to slaves at sea, U.S. official says
The church's longtime ministry with seafarers puts them in a unique position to be among the first to identify victims of trafficking and provide them needed services no one else may be offering.
Pope expresses shock over violence in French church
The murder of a priest in northern France, taken hostage with other faithful during a weekday Mass July 26, is another act of "absurd violence" amidst too much senseless violence and death, Pope Francis said.
‘Krakow in the Capital’ to provide a World Youth Day experience in U.S.
Jonathan Lewis, director of young adult ministry and evangelization for the Archdiocese of Washington and organizer of the event, said it is a response to the call Pope Francis made that the church go out into the margins and invite people in.
Pope appoints head of Catholic University of America to Vatican agency
John Garvey was named to the Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties.
Spirit of flood victims ‘great example’ to all, says West Virginia bishop
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston visited flood-devastated Richwood July 18 to see the progress of recovery in the town following the historic flooding in June that claimed the lives of 23 people across the state.
In keynote, Courage’s executive director focuses on sacrifice of chastity
Founded in 1980, Courage International's goal is to help Catholics with same-sex attraction in spiritual matters. It emphasizes chastity.