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Parents of slain child oppose death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
The parents of Martin Richard, the youngest victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombings two years ago, are asking that the death penalty be taken "off the table" for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Irish bishops consider options if same-sex referendum passes
Catholic bishops have not made any decision on whether priests should decline to perform civil aspects of weddings if a May 22 referendum on same-sex marriage is passed.
Dutch archdiocese, lay Catholics at odds over parish consolidations
When Catholics compare their cardinal's actions to those of Islamic State militants, it is hard to dialogue with them, said a spokesman for a Dutch archdiocese.
Pope: Church is made of martyrs; leaders must respond to victims’ cries
"The blood of our Christian brothers and sisters is a testimony which cries out to be heard by everyone who can still distinguish between good and evil. All the more this cry must be heard by those who have the destiny of peoples in their hands," the pope told Patriarch Mathias of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in a message sent April 20.
Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Finn
The Vatican announced the bishop's resignation April 21, specifying it was under the terms of the Code of Canon Law, which says, "A diocesan bishop who has become less able to fulfill his office because of ill health or some other grave cause is earnestly requested to present his resignation from office."
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.”
Catholics call for end to xenophobic violence in South Africa
Attacks on foreign nationals have left seven people dead, 5,000 displaced, and shops looted and razed. Anti-immigrant violence has spread across the country.
Archbishop: Oklahoma City remains ‘beacon of hope’ 20 years after bomb
Oklahoma City and the surrounding community found comfort in God after the 1995 bombing of the Murrah federal building and that inspired a "generous spirit" among "many people who took time to care and to comfort one another," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said April 19.
Pope receives fine-art Bible created to ‘ignite spiritual imagination’
Military tanks, oil derricks and cancer cells are among the contemporary depictions of the afflictions prefigured by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a fine-art edition of the Book of Revelation given to Pope Francis.
Pope calls for Catholic-Jewish witness of faith, defense of believers
Pope Francis met April 20 with a 30-member delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis in anticipation of the 50th anniversary in October of "Nostra Aetate," the Second Vatican Council's declaration on relations with the Jews, Muslims and other religions.