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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.
People think Little Sisters getting bad deal from feds, poll shows
According to a Marist Poll survey, 53% of Americans say it is "unfair" how the federal government is treating the Little Sisters of the Poor in the dispute over compliance with the contraceptive mandate.
Archbishop clarifies church’s role in Catholic school teachers’ pension
"It's very important that you, in the media, are able to read, study, the (retirement) plan's statutes, which is not the archdiocese's," said the archbishop.
Young nun, postulants among hundreds of Ecuador earthquake victims
Six members of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother, including a young nun from Northern Ireland, are among the dead in the strongest earthquake to strike Ecuador since 1979.
From nightmare to dream: Syrian refugees thank pope for safety
All three families saw their homes bombarded in Syria and all three arrived in Greece from Turkey on overloaded rubber boats months ago.
Mississippi becomes fourth state to ban dismemberment abortions
"This law has the power to change how the public views the gruesome reality of abortion in the United States," Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, said in a statement.
People still await government housing help one year after Nepal quake
"The initial response to the quake was wonderful. The United Nations and others got aid quickly to those who needed it. But then everything slowed down," Jesuit Father Bill Robins told Catholic News Service.