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Pope to release document on the family April 8
"Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), will concern the family and family life, including the "integration" of divorced and remarried Catholics into active parish life, an issue discussed at the contentious Synod of Bishops last year.
Christian religious leaders call for forgiveness after Pakistan attack
"The attack is an outcome of a barbaric and insane interpretation of religion by a group of misguided people who exploit religion for vested interests," Bishop Gervas Rozario of Rajshahi, Bangladesh said.
Catholic’s ministry is to spread the Divine Mercy’s message of salvation
"I'd found a place where I could go that gave me tremendous compassion and comfort in my loss: the merciful heart of Jesus," said Susan Pawlukiewicz.
A sister in North Dakota serves people in times of transition and crisis
In 2013, she founded Ministry on the Margins, a group to assist those who fall through the cracks during times of crisis -- those recently released from prison, struggling with addiction, in between jobs or facing a medical emergency.
Vatican confirms investigation into financing of cardinal’s apartment
Giuseppe Profiti, former hospital president, and Massimo Spina, the former treasurer, are under investigation, said Greg Burke, assistant director of the Vatican press office.
Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69
"It is with great warmth and love that I acknowledge the symbolism and the pageantry of my childhood Catholic experience," she told Catholic News Service in a 1995 interview.
Catholic education office gets new funding from parishes
Parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese will pay a new assessment of $2.50 per registered family in support of elementary education and catechetical formation, after a foundation pulled its funding.
U.N.’s top official on Syria tells Bonner-Prendie of long road to peace
Kevin Kennedy, a former Marine and now the United Nations’ coordinator for the crisis in Syria, brought home to students of his alma mater the realities of the Middle East, which they are learning about in classes.
Doylestown Catholic school set to toast its 140th year
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School will celebrate its anniversary with “A Night Under the Stars” on Saturday, April 9. Mass in the church will be followed by dinner and music in the school gym.
Galveston-Houston welcomes one of largest groups of new Catholics in U.S.
The 2,240 candidates and catechumens received into the Catholic Church in the Houston area is thought to be the highest for any U.S. diocese.