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Supreme Court sends HHS mandate case back to lower courts
In the case challenging the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive requirement, the high court said May 16 that religious employers should have "an opportunity ... that accommodates petitioners' religious exercise."
Iraq’s humanitarian need is so vast, ‘it’s shocking,’ says speaker
A rising tide of intolerance in the Middle East threatens minority faith communities with cultural extinction, said speakers at a May 10 lecture in New York.
Football training plan turns into a stellar success on the track
When La Salle High senior Winston Eubanks began his junior year, his only athletic goal was becoming a better football player. So he had an idea: run track. It led to a love for the sport and a highlight at the Penn Relays.
Drought ravages Ethiopian communities, driving a rise in hunger
Alarming levels of hunger, caused by the worst drought in about half a century, has left about 10 percent of all Ethiopians -- some 10 million in all -- in need of food aid.
Catholic, Jewish, civic leaders call for Holocaust remembrance
Supporters of an expanded Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia see the need for a new emphasis on the lessons of the Holocaust, at a time when religious intolerance and hatred are again on the rise.
Marchers in Canada plead for lawmakers to drop assisted-suicide bill
"The scourge of euthanasia and assisted suicide is upon us, and we need only to look to countries of Western Europe that have gone before us down this dark path to see what is in store."
Ecumenism, remembrance, peace on pope’s agenda for Armenia
Pope Francis will spend much of his time in the country as the guest of the majority Armenian Apostolic Church and will attend a divine liturgy celebrated by Catholicos Karekin II, the Orthodox patriarch.
Alabama governor praised for signing bill to ban dismemberment abortions
He signed a second bill that prohibits abortion clinics from operating within 2,000 feet of elementary and middle schools.
$50K gift by Connelly Foundation will benefit special education
The four schools of special education in the Philadelphia Archdiocese got a major boost May 11 with a donation through the Catholic Charities Appeal, begun in 1958 by the foundation's namesake.
After 25 years, pastor loves parish ministry — and it shows
Father Louis Bellopede loves serving the people of his parish, St. Mary's in Schwenksville, in all the moments of their life. "I love the priesthood. I enjoy getting up every day," he said, "and doing it all over again.”