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Hope rises that papal encyclical will address vitality of water sources
As floodwaters rose with heavy rains in this Amazonian city, Graciela Tejada and her neighbors found greasy slaughterhouse offal, human feces and used hypodermic needles floating practically to their doorsteps.
Pope’s encyclical to have medieval Italian, not Latin, title
In its first official comment on the title, the Vatican press office said June 10 that the document will be called, "Laudato Si': On the Care of Our Common Home." Earlier, reporters used the modern "sii" for the phrase which translates "praised be."
Paoli witnesses Corpus Christi procession and festivities
St. Norbert Parish celebrated its patron's feast day and the feast of Corpus Christi with a eucharistic procession through the streets followed by Mass and a parish picnic last Saturday.
Archbishop calls Catholic health care essential for church’s ministry
"St. John Paul II spoke of Catholic health care as an 'essential ministry of the church,'" Archbishop Cupich said. "I would even go further and say that Catholic health care is essential for the church's entire ministry."
Obama in CHA address thanks organization for supporting health care law
Telling the Catholic Health Association that he was there to say thank you, President Barack Obama June 9 recalled the struggles of passing the Affordable Care Act and ticked off the successes since it became law five years ago.
Cardinal: Lay ministers co-workers in evangelization mission of church
Cardinal DiNardo was the opening speaker at the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Summit June 7-8 in St. Louis. About 120 bishops and pastoral leaders reflected on "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," the bishops' statement on lay ecclesial ministry released 10 years ago.
German church official says plan for electing bishops follows tradition
The election of Bishop Heiner Koch of Dresden-Meissen, Germany, as archbishop of Berlin follows tradition and stems from good church-state relations, said a church official.
A new kind of church, at home with the poor
Two pastors are heading a new mission outreach of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, akin to a storefront church, in a former bar in Kensington's tough K & A neighborhood. It joins other Catholic efforts to serve the urban poor.
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.”
Scotsman says Medjugorje trip as youth inspired worldwide food program
Mary's Meals is a story of boundless proportions -- feeding 1 million schoolchildren in 13 countries their daily meal even as 18,000 die of hunger-related diseases every day.