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Vatican sending $3.5 million to help church response to Ebola
The Vatican is helping Catholic dioceses and agencies step up the fight against Ebola and is urging other donors to help.
Bishop Hying installed as fourth bishop of Diocese of Gary, Indiana
Before a packed Holy Angels Cathedral and a television and online audience, Bishop Donald J. Hying was installed as the Diocese of Gary's fourth bishop.
Youngest cardinal-designate comes from family of catechists
The youngest cardinal-designate named by Pope Francis is the son and grandson of catechists -- and will be Tonga's first cardinal.
Cardinals dedicate new wing of U.S. seminary in Rome
Five cardinals dedicated a new wing of the U.S. seminary in Rome, its first major addition in more than 60 years.
Indian Franciscan accused of showing child pornography to minor
An Indian priest faced an obscenity charge after asking a teenage boy to help him delete images of child pornography from his cellphone.
Pope offers Mass for victims of Paris attack
The morning after 12 people were shot to death and 11 others injured at the Paris office of a satirical weekly newspaper, Pope Francis dedicated his early morning Mass to the victims and their families.
Court rules Michigan firm exempt from providing contraceptive coverage
The Thomas More Society, which argued the case on behalf of the company, said the ruling "sets another strong precedent for the free exercise of religious faith on the part of all American citizens."
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.”
Forum focuses on Pope Francis’ renewed emphasis on the poor
Leaders in the realm of social and economic justice pointed to Pope Francis as kick-starting a renewed focus on the poor, praising his approach and message. "Francis has not changed the catechism, but he has created a zone for the merciful application of pastoral teaching," said evangelical columnist Michael Gerson.
At Honduran airport, church workers welcome migrants deported from U.S.
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (CNS) -- Several times a week, Sister Valdete Wilemann helps scores of deported Hondurans -- 36,300 last year -- walk off a U.S. government plane at the airport here. "If I don't see each migrant as my brother or sister, then God is not my father," she said.