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Church-run restaurant in El Paso takes parish dining to new level
Taking its name from the miraculous cloak of St. Juan Diego, La Tilma is a ministry of Sacred Heart Church in El Paso's Segundo Barrio, one of the city's oldest communities.
Look at your own sins before judging others, pope says at audience
"The relationship of salvation" with God cannot move forward if people justify themselves and look at the mistakes of others instead of fixing their gaze on the Lord, he said.
Alumni of church orphanges to host memorial Mass
The Friends of St. Francis, an alumni group of the former St. Francis Vocational School, will sponsor a Mass for deceased residents of the former Catholic child care institutions of the archdiocese.
Cut terror groups’ funding, arms sales and cyber access, nuncio says
The Vatican's representative at the U.N. urged getting at the root causes feeding international terrorism, especially terrorist groups' recruitment of young people who feel disillusioned and excluded.
Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The 1.06 million Syrians who remain in neighboring Lebanon face continuing struggles with war trauma, dwindling funds, and a very uncertain and often dangerous future.
Pope reminds world of suffering in war-torn Ukraine
Pope Francis asked that Catholic parishes throughout Europe take up a special collection April 24 as a sign of solidarity with people suffering because of the war in Eastern Ukraine.
Parish’s kids absorb lessons for confirmation, and buck wider trends
Children preparing to receive confirmation at St. Thomas More Parish, South Coventry, are taking the sacrament seriously, even as some of their older peers are drifting from the practice of their faith.
Supreme Court hears arguments on Obama’s deferred deportation programs
All eyes are once again on what seems to be an evenly divided Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments April 18 in a major case impacting a U.S. immigration policy.
Refugees are not a problem, they are a gift, pope says
People who escape oppression, war, pollution or "the unjust distribution of the planet's resources are a brother and sister with whom to share bread, home and life," he said.
Aim of Solidarity Festival to show Catholic social teaching in action
Immigrant workers shared stories of wage theft and exploitation with college students April 16 at the first Solidarity Festival to be held on the campus of Vincentian-run St. John's University in the Queens borough of New York.