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Vatican’s moral opposition to nuclear weapons aired on Capitol Hill
Money spent on building, maintaining and upgrading nuclear weapon systems would go a long way to making the world more peaceful if the funds were used to better the lives of people around the world, Archbishop Bernardito Auza told the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations April 28.
Notre Dame awards Knights of Columbus Evangelium Vitae Medal
The Knights were acknowledged for contributing tens of millions of dollars and volunteer hours to worthy causes and ongoing support for various pro-life initiatives.
Sister Mary Ann Walsh, woman of faith, writer, spokeswoman, dies at 68
Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, who went from hometown schoolteacher to Vatican correspondent, lived out her drive to be a writer even in her last days. She died April 28 in her hometown of Albany, New York, after a battle with cancer.
Rain, rubble: With no help in sight, Nepalese try to salvage possessions
Five days after a powerful earthquake sowed death and devastation in Nepal, victims could be seen trying to salvage possessions from mountains of rubble in the suburbs of Kathmandu.
Irish priest in Nepal says trekking group ‘lucky to be alive’
Father Tom Dalton, a priest of the Ferns Diocese, had just arrived in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, with a group of 11 other Irish people on a trekking expedition, when the magnitude-7.8 quake struck.
Awaiting ecology encyclical, Catholic groups prepare for pope’s message
Few papal encyclicals have been as eagerly awaited as Pope Francis' upcoming statement on the environment.
Church leaders have long called on humanity to protect creation
Popes and bishops individually and collectively under the banner of their respective national conferences have long connected tenets of the Catholic faith with the importance of caring for and respecting the environment.
Pope says ‘scandal’ of inequality, fear of marriage must be addressed
Two millennia after the "Gospel of the family" defeated an abusive social practice that humiliated women, the "radical equality" of spouses in Christian marriage must now bear "new fruit" in society, including "the right to equal pay for equal work," said Pope Francis.
Business school grads recall a good education from yesteryear
About 60 women graduates of Bishop Neumann Business School met for Mass and a social to recall a virtually forgotten part of Philadelphia Catholic educational history.
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.”