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Pope to visit Lesbos with Orthodox to highlight plight of refugees
The pope wants to go to Lesbos for the same reasons that drew him to visit the Italian island of Lampedusa: to point to "the reality of refugees and immigrants" and because "he sees an important emergency" unfolding there.
Villanova basketball team’s strength is its humility, chaplain says
Father Hagan, associate athletics director at Villanova University, had a front-row seat to the historic game on the Villanova Wildcats' bench.
At Vatican trial, former consultant denies leaking financial documents
She also denied having had a sexual relationship with Spanish Msgr. Lucio Vallejo Balda, the secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
Church support for unions reviewed after deadlocked Supreme Court case
"Catholic social teaching does not take an express position on right to work laws. What a century of papal social encyclicals do expressly favor, however, is the growth and increase of unions and workers' associations," Clayton Sinyai said.
Saint’s relics found in rubble of church destroyed by terrorists
The relics of third century Syrian martyr St. Elian were thought to have been destroyed by Islamic State militants after they bulldozed Mar Elian Church in Qaryatain, Syria, last August.
Peruvian-based movement distances itself from founder accused of abuse
The Vatican has intervened with Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Catholic movement that staffs the Newman Center at the University of Pennsylvania, in the wake of accusations of sexual abuse of members.
God excludes no one from his love; offers mercy, not hate, pope says
"Jesus makes visible a love open to everyone -- nobody excluded -- open to everyone without bounds," he said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square April 6.
USCCB committee chairs urge lawmakers to back Conscience Protection Act
U.S. Rep. John Fleming, a Louisiana Republican who also is a physician, has introduced a measure to provide legal protection to doctors, nurses, hospitals and all health care providers who choose not to provide abortions as part of their health care practice.
Bishop Shanahan students lay wreath at Arlington National Cemetery
Visiting the cemetery as part of their history classes, 43 honors students of the archdiocesan high school in Downingtown participated in a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Villanova player’s winning shot is no surprise to his high school coach
Kris Jenkins, whose buzzer-beater helped the Wildcats capture the national championship, was playing against his adopted brother, Tar Heel guard Nate Britt. Villanova's victory parade is set for April 8 in Philadelphia.