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Patriarchs’ Lenten messages focus on struggles of Mideast Christians
The Middle East is suffering a "Way of the Cross" that is the greatest tragedy since World War II, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham said in a Lenten message about suffering.
Bishops put high priority on fighting moves to allow assisted suicide
As New York lawmakers began to consider a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, the New York State Catholic Conference launched a new website "to offer Catholics moral clarity and guidance on the church's teachings regarding end-of-life decision-making."
Photographs and memories all that remain after kidnap of Iraqi toddler
A colored photocopy of a smiling, blond toddler is the only thing adorning the bare walls of the tiny room where Ayda Abada, her blind husband, and four children shelter after they were chased out of their Christian village in Iraq by Islamic State extremists.
Earthquake-displaced Haitians live day-to-day, wanting a permanent home
For the past five years, Elouisna Francois has lived where God sent her. Never mind that it's far from her old neighborhood in the capital -- where she had made a good life until the country's January 2010 earthquake -- and that there are no basic services, like running water, sanitation or electricity.
Racism and nationalism on the rise in Europe, Catholic leaders say
Catholic peace and justice leaders condemned a "nationalism of exclusion" of the type that preceded both world wars, and recent violent attacks on religious and ethnic minority targets.
Tracking the ‘lost boys’ of World War I is Philadelphia writer’s mission
Roman Catholic High School graduate Chris Gibbons is on a quest to learn the identities of his school’s alumni who died in the First World War in order to honor their ultimate sacrifice.
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.”
La Salle U makes history in naming first female president
Dr. Colleen N. Hanycz, who leads a small women’s college in Canada, will take over as the first woman and the first layperson to lead the 152-year-old university run by the Christian Brothers.
Pope: Liberty, equality can turn selfish, unfair without brotherly love
Liberty and equality are not enough for the well-being of a nation, there must also be a strong sense of brotherhood that is first developed and nurtured in the family, Pope Francis said.
Rebuilt Catholic hospital aims to bring multiple new services to Haiti
Walking through the new St. Francis de Sales Hospital, Dr. Wilfrid Cadet surveys a nearly empty pharmacy and points to where storage units, desks and work stations will be located. He's just waiting for the materials to arrive.