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Group’s event to support San Francisco archbishop draws more than 500
"The Catholic Church has been under a coordinated attack from the power structure of San Francisco for at least the last 10 years," said Eva Muntean, who helped organize a group called San Francisco Catholics, which sponsored the event at the city's Sue Bierman Park.
Dorothy Day called a model for Catholic action today
The founder of a movement to serve the poor has been called a countercultural saint for our time and an icon of mercy. She was remembered in a conference studying her life.
New priest looks to draw Catholics back to church
Before his ordination last week, Father Joe Zaleski had left the seminary, worked in politics and taught in high school. Then he found his true calling and mission in the church.
New priests tell the tales of how God called, and they answered
Keeping up a long-standing tradition, the seven newly ordained priests of the Philadelphia Archdiocese celebrated Mass together on Monday and told of their vocation journeys.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Mother Teresa’s canonization in 2016 only hypothetical, says Vatican
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi issued a statement May 19 in response to media reports that the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, who worked among the poorest of the poor, would be canonized before the end of the upcoming Holy Year of Mercy.
U.S. Trappist monks say beer brewing enhances American monastic life
The whoosh of the beer tap opening, the gentle glug of the golden brew pouring into the goblet and the sizzle of the foaming mousse are joyous sounds to Trappist Brother Jonah Pociadlo's ears as he prepares to savor the signature ale created in his monastery's brewery.
Catholic archbishop teaches the Quran to Christians, Muslims alike
Archbishop Fitzgerald, who retired at the end of 2012 as the papal nuncio to Egypt, said the Quran, with all of its names for God, can help Christians deepen their faith and inspire them to see God in new ways.
Syrian nun describes bombing of family, pleads ‘Pray for Aleppo’
Sister Annie Demerjian, an Armenian Catholic member of the Sisters of Jesus and Mary, described how shells fired by either Islamic State or Nusra Front rebels killed two adult sons and their mother.
Court: Belfast bakery wrong to refuse cake with same-sex marriage script
Ashers Bakery, a family-run business that employs more than 60 people, came under scrutiny by the region's Equality Commission for declining a request for a cake with an image of Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie below the motto "Support Gay Marriage."