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Amtrak derailment leaves 8 dead, many injured
Archbishop Charles Chaput was joined by Vice President Joe Biden in calling for prayers in the wake of the train wreck Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Vatican-Palestine accord supports ‘two-state’ solution
Vatican and Palestinian representatives finalized an agreement recognizing freedom of religion in the "State of Palestine" and outlining Catholic rights and obligations in the territory.
Archbishop asks prayers in wake of train disaster
See Archbishop Charles Chaput's statement following the derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia last night, May 12, that left seven people dead and hundreds injured.
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.”
Number of Americans with no religion is rising, survey says
A new Pew Research Center survey found 8 percent fewer Americans identify themselves as Christian, since 2007. Of the one-third raised Catholic, 41 percent no longer identify with Catholicism.
Scathing report calls for end to immigrant detentions
The expansion of immigrant detention centers -- up to 250 nationwide, costing $1.7 billion to maintain -- amounts to corporations profiting from "the misery of other human beings," said a bishop.
God will judge people on care for the poor, for the planet, pope says
"The planet has enough food for all, but it seems that there is a lack of willingness to share it with everyone," Pope Francis said May 12 during his homily at a Mass opening the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis.
When second quake hit, fear filled those waiting for relief materials
Relief officials said more than 57 people died in the May 12 quake, one of the many temblors that followed a magnitude 7.8-quake that hit April 25 and left more than 8,000 people dead.
‘Inequality of opportunity’ termed a root cause of societal decline
Robert Putnam, who has been charting the relative strength of the American social fabric since his 1995 book "Bowling Alone," said May 11 the "inequality of opportunity" in the United States is what is leading to a sense of despair and isolation among the nation's poor.
Cuban bishops say Pope Francis will visit their country Sept. 19-22
An advisory posted on the bishops' conference Facebook page May 11 said the visit will begin in Havana.