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Queen of Peace Parish hosts Tennessee pilgrims during papal events
A couple opened their home for the weekend to 12 men and women, part of a group of 47 who came to the Ardsley parish. “We had bedding all over the place,” said Ray Re. "We consider them our dear friends now,” said his wife Beth.
Survey gives glimpse into how young Catholic families pray
A new survey finds 76 percent of young Catholics pray, but they do so individually, with only 7 percent praying as a family. Hispanics now make up a majority of Catholic families where the parents are ages 25-45.
Vatican: Pope didn’t endorse Kentucky clerk
A papal spokesman said Pope Francis had met with "several dozen persons" briefly at the invitation of the nunciature in Washington. Such greetings "occur on all papal visits and are due to the pope's characteristic kindness and availability."
Indian cardinal: Syro-Malabar church can teach about family-based parish
Cardinal George Alencherry said Syro-Malabar parishes are divided into family groupings or units of no more than 40 people.
Six families received Gospels from pope at Philadelphia Mass
In addition to sending thousands of copies of the Gospel of Luke, the Vatican is providing 6,000 Syrian families with heating assistance during the upcoming winter.
Survivor of failed abortion testifies at hearing on Planned Parenthood
Melissa Ohden wants Congress "to give a voice to other survivors like me." What Ohden "survived" was a saline abortion at a hospital in Sioux City.
Pope pleas for commutation of Georgia death sentence
Updated - Less than a week after Pope Francis told a joint meeting of Congress that he backs U.S. efforts to abolish the death penalty, his U.S. nuncio Sept. 29 appealed on the pope's behalf to Georgia officials to commute the death sentence of Kelly Gissendaner, scheduled to be executed later that day.
Archbishop visits Congress, White House in push to ease Puerto Rico debt crisis
The crisis has led to school closings, cuts in social services and health care and job layoffs and reductions in employee benefits as Puerto Rico struggles to make payments on the $72 billion in debt the U.S. territory holds.
‘God pulls beauty out of the ashes,’ those struggling with divorce told
A show of hands from those gathered at author Rose Sweet's session at the World Meeting of Families illustrated that she was giving her message to those who needed it.
Protesters at New York gas storage plant arrested while reading encyclical
Their goal Aug. 18 was to stop business as usual at a natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas storage facility operated by Houston-based Crestwood Midstream Partners along the southwest shore of Seneca Lake in New York's picturesque Finger Lakes region.