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Pope plans to canonize St. Therese’s parents
Pope Francis is expected to canonize Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October.
CRS rejects claims it supplied birth control in Kenya
Catholic Relief Services called assertions that it had supplied birth control in Kenya "misleading, exaggerated and untrue." It had opted out of objectionable provisions of a government AIDS program.
Doctor relies on God to witness for sanctity of life
Dr. Monique Ruberu wanted to do more to protect human life after attending a prayer vigil at a center city Philadelphia abortion clinic in February 2014, so she started the 40 Days for Life campaign there.
Ignoring, abandoning the elderly is a sin, pope says
Seeing the elderly only as a burden "is ugly. It's a sin," Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.
People of faith urged to make home ‘the way you want the world to look’
The discussion on religious liberty is not the purview of a single denomination or faith tradition, but one that affects every U.S. citizen, said speakers on a panel looking at the issue.
San Diego Diocese to be headed by California native Bishop McElroy
Pope Francis tapped San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy to lead the San Diego Diocese. The bishop holds degrees in American history from Harvard and Stanford.
Special kids score skills at parish’s basketball clinic
Children with autism, ADD and other challenges enjoyed a months-long basketball camp that culminated at St. Monica’s, Berwyn, last Saturday. Teen volunteers and parents learned how to raise smiles while teaching the game kids love.
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.”
Youths enjoy rock concert retreat experience
It wasn't their parent's idea of retreat, but hundreds of kids in sixth through eighth grades came to retreats with a vocations theme at two archdiocesan high schools last weekend.
As a radical reformer, pope has made enemies
Pope Francis faces enemies opposing his agenda from inside and outside of the church, said a prominent writer who rejects the liberal label. "That is not a liberal thought; it's a radical Christian thought," he said.