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Synod working document expands scope of family issues, pastoral needs
The working document, intended to guide discussions at the Synod of Bishops on the family in October, included a much wider array of issues affecting the family than were in the final document released after the extraordinary synod last year.
New York Catholic church feels impact of massive manhunt for escapees
Fewer people were filling the pews at St. James Church in the Plattsburgh hamlet of Cadyville after two convicted killers escaped June 6 from the Clinton Correctional Facility.
Ukrainians displaced by fighting tell USCCB delegation their concerns
Young Artem is about to turn a year old, but all he has known in his short life is upheaval. He was 3 weeks old when his mother, Iryna, and two siblings had to leave Horlivka, 28 miles from rebel-controlled Donetsk, because of the armed conflict that erupted in eastern Ukraine.
Archbishop Lori opens Fortnight for Freedom with Gospel connection
In the day's Gospel reading, from Chapter 4 of St. Mark's Gospel, Jesus calmed the storm threatening the boat carrying him and the apostles on the Sea of Galilee. That boat symbolizes the church through history, said Archbishop Lori in his homily.
Christians call for justice in demonstration at Galilee church hit by arson
Druze, Muslims and Jews joined thousands of Christians in a demonstration in Galilee three days after an arson attack seriously damaged the Benedictine Church of the Multiplication.
Omaha archdiocesan phase for Flanagan cause ends; documents go to Rome
About 800 people witnessed history June 18 as the Archdiocese of Omaha advanced to Rome the sainthood cause for Father Edward Flanagan, Boys Town founder.
Pope says homilies must give people word of God, not ‘nice conferences’
"Please, do everything to help your brothers -- deacons, priests and bishops -- to give the word of God in homilies, so that it reaches the heart," he told the biblical scholars June 19.
Engaging speakers aim to ‘help change lives’ at congress
The head of programming for the World Meeting of Families led efforts to craft the catechesis plus invite 125 speakers for scores of talks, plus activities, for the congress.
Registrations for families’ congress ahead of projections
With three months to go before the World Meeting of Families this September, 11,000 people from 123 countries are signed up and ready to come to Philadelphia.
Mexico Supreme Court ruling makes same-sex marriages legal nationwide
The court's decision, published June 19 in the Judicial Weekly journal, said "procreation" was not a purpose for marriage and therefore limiting marriages to heterosexual couples amounted to discrimination against other couples seeking marriage.