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To protests deaths, Mexicans mark ’43’ instead of cross in ashes
Some Mexicans used Ash Wednesday to rebuke authorities who insist that 43 students were kidnapped, killed and then had their bodies burned in a garbage dump and ashes tossed in a river.
Interfaith working group calls for opposition to Pacific trade deal
An interfaith coalition Feb. 17 announced it opposes what it called "undemocratic" actions proposed by the Obama administration regarding the much-anticipated Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and called on other people of faith to do the same.
Pax Christi program in Cite Soleil helps youths become peacemakers
Mentor Elison wants peace for the little kids, if for no one else, in Cite Soleil.
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.”
Connolly Foundation and all teaching sisters to be honored
Religious sisters serving in Catholic schools in the archdiocese will be honored collectively, along with the Connolly Foundation, at the annual Distinguished Graduate Awards March 18.
Catholic scouting helps boys have fun as they grow into manhood
Father David Friel tells the story of James White of Sellersville, an Eagle Scout who developed self-discipline, learned to hike and cook, became a leader and strengthened his sense of duty to God.
On Ash Wednesday, cardinal urges solidarity with persecuted Christians
Making an impassioned plea at the end of his Feb. 18 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington urged Catholics to offer prayers and speak out for Christians being persecuted throughout the world.
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.