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Culture Project to host event at St. Charles Seminary
The second annual Mass and Brunch on Saturday, April 30 will celebrate the organization’s mission of life, love, virtue and cultural restoration.
How to make the parish a well-run operation
A church management program at Villanova University is training laypeople, seminarians and priests from six continents to combine practical business skills with theological insights to benefit parishes and dioceses.
Head of Knights urges action by U.S. after Kerry’s genocide declaration
If Christians and other religious minorities disappear in Iraq and Syria, "pluralism and stability leave with them," the head of the Knights of Columbus told a congressional commission April 19.
Church is no longer ‘church of the poor,’ says Indian theologian nun
"Today the church is no more the church of the poor, but one can even say it is the church of institutions," said Presentation Sister Shalini Mulackal, president of Indian Theological Association.
On eve of Passover, local Catholics extend prayers to Jews
Archbishop Charles Chaput sent greetings to the Jewish community in the Philadelphia region and hoped Passover would bring to Jews “renewed hope and spiritual vitality.”
Brothers, sisters, fathers: Religious orders key to global child protection
In a continuing effort to protect children, the Catholic Church's focus is now turning to religious orders of men and women, who run most of the 300,000 Catholic schools and orphanages around the world.
Norwegian bishop: To avoid same-sex marriage, no more civil weddings
Bishop Bernt Eidsvig of Oslo told Catholic News Service that he would have to seek permission from the Vatican, but added, "It's clear we must distinguish our own church marriages from others."
Bishops welcome Commons vote to declare ISIS atrocities ‘genocide’
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said the 278-0 vote recognized "the tragedy being suffered by the people of Syria and across the Middle East."
Charity begins at home, but must not stop there, pope says
"The cradle and the home" of Catholic charity is the family, the pope said April 21 during a meeting with about 700 delegates to a convention of diocesan Caritas operations.
Lay missionaries find purpose and spiritual growth during work abroad
The Catholic Volunteer Network is one of the largest Catholic coordinators of mission trips and the organization had 2,668 lay missionaries serving within the U.S. during 2014-2015 and 428 serving internationally.