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Priest born deaf urges sacraments for children with disabilities
Redemptorist Father Cyril Axelrod insisted sign language, tactile sign language and body language are "gifts of the Holy Spirit" meant to help Christians share the Gospel with all people.
Situation in Nigeria called one of world’s worst humanitarian crises
More than two years have passed since the April 14, 2014, abduction. Some girls managed to escape a few months later, but most of them remain missing.
Unite to end child slave labor, pope says
Marking the World Day Against Child Labor June 12, the pope called for a renewed and united "effort to remove the causes of this modern slavery."
Diversity aids search for truth about cosmos, pope tells students
"All of us dwell under the same sky. All of us are moved by the beauty revealed in the cosmos and reflected in the study of the heavenly bodies and substances," he said.
‘A sword has pierced heart’ of city, says Orlando bishop about shooting
Orlando Bishop John Noonan urged people of faith "to turn their hearts and souls" to God and pray for the victims and others following the worst mass shooting in U.S. history June 12. It left 50 dead and 53 wounded.
Pope offers prayers for Orlando victims of ‘absurd violence’
Pope Francis and Archbishop Chaput asked for prayers for the victims of the 49 people killed and 53 injured, and their grieving families, following the shooting rampage of a gunman in Orlando, Florida, early June 12.
Banged up and tired, Catholic teams still grinding it out for a title
La Salle High School vies for the boys lacrosse state championship Saturday, June 11, while Neumann-Goretti is getting ready for its PIAA baseball semifinal game June 13, with eyes on the June 16 championship game.
Alvare says gender equality is ‘not to be grasped’ but asserted
Speaking to 350 women in their 20s, Helen Alvare's views on feminism, sexual abuse, social outreach, the roles of women and collaboration between the sexes cannot, she said, be expressed by men, but by women.
Church agencies looking for answers in response to new overtime rule
Set to take effect Dec. 1, the new Department of Labor rule roughly doubles the salary threshold at which workers would be exempt from overtime pay from $23,660 ($455 weekly) to $47,476 annually ($913 weekly).
Catholic Charities in Minnesota archdiocese to end two longtime services
In the coming months, Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis will close its Seton Prenatal Clinic and cease its adoption program.