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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.
Pakistani church office calls for mercy as Christian faces execution
"Bahadur was sentenced to death for a murder that took place in September 1992. He has now spent 23 years on death row," the letter stated. "Alarmingly, there is strong evidence to suggest that Bahadur is innocent."
Sisters ‘fine’ after weekend trapped in elevator with no food, water
The 58-year-old Irish religious and the 68-year-old religious from New Zealand "are fine, but are not speaking to the press," a receptionist at the Marist Sisters residence in Rome told Catholic News Service June 9.
Guam becomes 1st U.S. territory to legalize same-sex marriage
Guam's archbishop decried a "tsunami of secularization" after a judge's June 5 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, saying it was "a defeat ... for our island and the whole of humanity."