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Euthanasia threatens improvements in end-of-life care, experts say
Legalizing euthanasia risks undermining people's access to loving, holistic care as they face the natural end of their life, many experts at a Vatican conference said.
Pope asks theologians, canon lawyers to focus on mercy
Pope Francis asked academics in every discipline of theology -- including moral theology, spirituality and canon law -- to focus on how their area of study "can reflect the centrality of mercy" in the Gospel.
Pope: Mass in vernacular helps people understand God, live the faith
Allowing priests to celebrate Mass in the language of the local congregation rather than in Latin allowed the faithful to understand and be encouraged by the word of God, Pope Francis said.
Pope thanks women as dozens gather in Vatican to share faith stories
On International Women's Day, Pope Francis thanked women, "who in thousands of ways, witness to the Gospel and work in the church."
Investigation of stolen Michelangelo notes underway after ransom demand
A top Vatican official received a ransom demand for the return of Renaissance-era documents by the artist Michelangelo.
Shroud of Turin gets ‘CSI’ treatment at Royersford parish
Investigator Russ Breault will explore questions about what many believe is the burial cloth of Jesus, and provide some answers, in a presentation next week at Sacred Heart Church.
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.”
Archbishop offers prayers for murdered city cop
The archbishop responded to the shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III on Thursday, March 5. “I offer my prayerful condolences to his family, his fellow officers, and all those who mourn his loss.”
Help ‘baptized non-Christians’ return to life of faith, pope says
Catholics need to reach out to Christians who have forgotten or walked away from their faith, Pope Francis told about 7,000 members of the Neocatechumenal Way today in Rome.
Cardinal Egan, retired archbishop of New York, dies at age 82
The late cardinal died suddenly of cardiac arrest March 5. Archbishop Charles Chaput offered condolences and the prayers of the faithful of the Philadelphia Archdiocese to the cardinal's family and the New York Archdiocese.