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Same-sex marriage ruling settles one legal question, leaves many others
Although some critics of the decision suggested clergy would be required to conduct marriage ceremonies that conflict with their faiths' teachings, most legal observers said that clearly would not pass legal scrutiny.
Catholic leaders urge Congress to help people released from prison
Miami's archbishop and the head of Catholic Charities USA urged Congress to pass legislation they say would help more than 650,000 men, women and juveniles who re-enter society each year from prisons, jails and detention centers.
Joy ‘palpable’ for those welcoming first-class relic of St. Augustine
The relic of St. Augustine of Hippo is on loan from the Vatican Treasury for the 450th anniversary celebration of the city and cathedral parish.
Milwaukee Archdiocese asks Supreme Court to review cemetery fund ruling
In asking the Supreme Court to review the decision relating to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Timothy Nixon, an attorney representing the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust, said in a news release there are compelling reasons for the court to take up the case.
‘Gift box’ introduces Pan Am Games visitors to problems of trafficking
The project "will educate people about the very real, local face of human trafficking and empower them to take action to end it," said Kelly Colwell, the project's coordinator.
At Bolivian prison, pope calls himself man ‘saved from his many sins’
Speaking on the final morning of his less than 48-hour visit to Bolivia, the pope called for conversion and a changing of attitudes among inmates in their relations among each other and the broader society, which often views such populations with suspicions.
South Carolinians hope flag’s removal brings racial healing to state
Calls to remove the flag, long a point of controversy, reached a fever pitch after the June 17 shooting of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Dylann Roof, 21, the alleged gunman, posed for photos with the flag and expressed white supremacist views prior to the shootings.
Catholic University exhibit highlights Syriac Christian traditions
Sitting in the May Gallery in the John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library at The Catholic University of America in Washington, one can feel immersed in 19th-century Syriac Christian life.
Hispanics’ growth, cultural diversity present challenge, speaker says
That growth presents a challenge to the Catholic Church to meet the pastoral needs of Hispanics but also to cultivate leaders from that population, he said in a keynote address at a one-day symposium on Hispanic leadership and philanthropy in the 21st-century church.
Presence of Hispanics ‘a blessing’ for church, says professor
With the growing population of Hispanics, the Catholic Church is faced with "an immense task," Boston College theology professor Hosffman Ospino told a San Antonio symposium.