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Boys basketball All-Catholics named
The coaches of the Philadelphia Catholic League have voted their first, second and third-team standouts for the 2014-2015 season in boys basketball.
Mission of Catholic schools to evangelize, sanctify, says archbishop
Amid banner newspaper headlines, and a stream of television stories about Catholic sexual morality clauses in the Archdiocese of San Francisco high school handbooks, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone presented his vision of Catholic education Feb. 6.
Measles outbreak prompts Hill hearing on falling immunization rates
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions convened Feb. 10 for a hearing on the current crisis of falling immunization rates among children in the United States in the wake of a recent measles outbreak that has, so far, affected 121 people in 17 states and the District of Columbia.
U.S. Ukrainian bishops urge prayer, fasting for peace in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Catholic bishops in the United States appealed for daily fasting and prayer for the citizens of Ukraine, their elected officials and the Ukrainian army.
Defend life: Economics without ethics are deadly, cardinal says
The economy is a human creation, not a god, so humans have the responsibility to manage the economy in a way that benefits the most people, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas Internationalis.
U.S. needs immigration reform, not more enforcement, bishop says
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas Feb. 11 urged Congress to work for immigration reform but not through the path it is currently seeking with increased border enforcement, tougher criteria for immigrant families seeking asylum and a quicker return of immigrant children to their homelands.
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.”
Pope opens cardinals’ discussion of Curia reform; new offices explained
Cardinals meeting at the Vatican discussed better ways to balance the responsibilities of local bishops and of the Roman Curia, said the Vatican spokesman.
Dublin archbishop appalled by delay in applying child safety guidelines
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said he would seek assurances from religious congregations operating in his diocese that they are rigidly following child protection guidelines after a fresh round of audits raised serious concerns.
Leaders see no gray area: ‘Fifty Shades’ assaults marriage and women
Bishops decried the new movie as "a direct assault on Christian marriage" and underscored "the moral reprehensibility of ... sexual exploitation." Commentator Teresa Tomeo blasted pornography's danger to women and relationships.