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Sister who cooks for soup kitchen wins prize on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
On the show, Sister Alicia, 30, a Franciscan of the Eucharist of Chicago who ministers at Chicago's Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, competed against three other chefs who, like herself, work in soup kitchens.
St. Mary Medical Center gets ready to light its tree
The Community League of St. Mary invites all to the Lights of Love celebration in which the hospital's Christmas tree will have small white lights in honor of loved ones or in their memory.
As church demographics shift, Catholics urged to address ‘sin of racism’
A "seismic shift in demographics" in both society and the U.S. Catholic Church in the coming decades will create a church that is far less white, Father Bryan Massingale told a New Orleans audience Nov. 6.
Milwaukee’s bankruptcy plan approved, provides $21 million for survivors
A nearly five-year chapter in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's history came to a close Nov. 9, when Chief Judge Susan V. Kelley of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin approved the archdiocese's plan of reorganization.
To help people, church must be in touch with ‘reality,’ pope says
Christians must have "healthy contact with reality, with what people are going through, with their tears and joys -- it is the only way to be able to help, form and communicate with them," the pope said.
Catholics to U.N. summit: Warmer temperatures are just part of the problem
Yeb Sano, former climate change commissioner for Philippines, is so concerned about global warming that he and other Catholic pilgrims are walking 900 miles from Rome to Paris for the U.N. climate change conference.
Pope calls for end to economic exploitation, power-hungry church
"These times of ours demand that we experience problems as challenges and not like obstacles: The Lord is active and at work in the world," he said Nov. 10 inside Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore -- the third-largest church in Europe.
Teen boys from Milwaukee advocate for immigration reform in Hill visits
Their presentations to members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation -- usually to legislative assistants -- mentioned their mothers, admiration of their parents' courage and the importance of dealing with their situations face to face, not as statistics.
Layman overseeing Vatican financial reform says new standards are working
New accounting practices and ongoing auditing are helping to assure that the Vatican's financial operations are conducted in accordance with international accounting standards, Joseph F. X. Zahra, deputy coordinator of the recently established Council for the Economy.
Restorative justice seen as an aid to victims and communities
Given the national climate about crime and law enforcement, it seems almost unthinkable that crime victims would want to meet the men and women convicted of those crimes in prison to seek some kind of healing for the pain they experienced years ago.