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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."
In smuggling season, Europe struggles with migrant crisis
Warm weather on the Mediterranean Sea means human traffickers are doing a brisk business with migrants. Nine times as many people have died on the journey this year over last.
American killed in Kabul attack recalled as ‘courageous, determined’
Paula Kantor, 46, was a scientist and development specialist who spent the last 20 years of her life working to improve the lives of women and families in the poorest areas of the world through developing better sources of food.
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.”
Immaculate Heart sister dies in 72nd year in congregation
Sister Regina Cecilia Shovlin, I.H.M., entered religious life in 1942 and taught for many years in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and other dioceses. She was 89.