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Catholic-Lutheran document sums up agreements, maps steps to full unity
The "Declaration on the Way" was prepared by a joint task force of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Chicago-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Vatican II fathers hand legacy to today’s young adults
Elderly participants in the Second Vatican Council, now in their 80s and 90s, assessed the impact of Gaudium et Spes over a half-century, and encouraged young people to look for ways to bring God's love and justice to the world.
Philadelphian represents U.S. at Vatican
Bethany Welch, director of the Aquinas Center in South Philadelphia, represented the United States in Rome this week to mark the 50th anniversary of Gaudium et Spes, the Vatican II document on the church in the modern world.
As winter nears, Syrian refugees ponder a hopeless future
Syrians living on 50 cents a day in aid and facing their fourth winter in Jordan's desert are considering whether to remain there, risk their lives getting into Europe or travel back to the war zone of Syria. "I don't have any hope for the future," said one refugee.
One year later: Central American minors in U.S. still face challenges
Just because unaccompanied Central American minors are no longer crossing the U.S. border in the vast numbers they were last year doesn't mean their problems are over.
Pope: Persecution is a ‘shared experience’ that unites all Christians
The pope sent a message addressed to Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, who was attending the Global Christian Forum that was meeting in Tirana, Albania, Nov. 2-5.
Christians have no right to exclude others, pope says at morning Mass
In his homily Nov. 5 during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope said that like the Pharisees and scribes depicted in the Gospels, people are often tempted to be selective and form their own "little group," an attitude "that is not Christian."
Ohio Catholic first woman to lead a national organization for veterans
One of only a dozen or so female veterans in the 7,520-member organization, Crawford ran unopposed when she was elected at the group's Las Vegas convention last August.
Pray and work: Benedictine uses motto to help people in northern Kenya
This has become his mantra for his time with Kenya's ethnic Daasanach community, one of the smallest tribes in Kenya. More than 10 years into his time with them, he has seen many small changes create good things.
Four local Catholic organizations receive grants
The Community Center at Visitation, St. Gabriel School, St. Martin de Porres School and the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC) got sizable grants from the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia.