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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.
People express heartache, outrage as they mourn shooting victims
UPDATED - The tragic taking of nine lives at a historically black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, brought an outpouring of solidarity, compassion and sorrow from around the country.
Covenant House gives street kids respite from ‘bullets, bullies, perps’
According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 5 percent to 7 percent of American youth become homeless in any given year. These kids face sexual and emotional abuse, human trafficking, hunger and mental illnesses.
Pope Francis contemplates Shroud of Turin, calls it ‘icon of love’
It took place in silence and lasted only a few minutes, but Pope Francis' time of prayer and contemplation before the Shroud of Turin was marked with gestures of reverence and tenderness.
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.”
Local theologian offers 14-facet view on encyclical
Redemptorist Father Dennis Billy, a moral theologian at St. Charles Seminary, describes points that readers of Laudato Si should remember.
Local Catholics praise papal tome on environment
From Archbishop Chaput to Sister Mary Scullion to a moral theology professor at St. Charles Seminary, Catholic leaders are weighing in with their initial reflections on a papal document that is already one of the most discussed encyclicals issued in modern times.
Religious and civic leaders: Maybe si, maybe no on Laudato
Varied religious leaders offered mixed reviews of the papal letter on the environment. The Dalai Lama spoke praise while a Protestant minister said there is "no alternative to dependency on fossil fuels."