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Catholics asked for input on marriage and family life
The Philadelphia Archdiocese is inviting everyone to answer a questionnaire in order to help the world’s Catholic bishops provide more effective pastoral care to families. The consultation precedes the World Meeting of Families in September and the Synod of Bishops on the family in October.
Pope: Salvation is not for VIPs, it’s offered to all God’s people
Christ showed that the way to draw close to God is not by putting down other people and creating an exclusive club, but by embracing and encouraging others to love and do good works, Pope Francis said.
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.”
Summer fun at the Academy of Notre Dame
The Villanova school is offering summer camps to give girls and boys ages 4-13 an active, adventurous and healthy summer.
Archbishop welcomes Greece’s new government, hopes for changes
A Greek Catholic leader welcomed his country's new anti-austerity government and predicted Catholics would benefit from changes.
Father Merton at 100: Still inspiring people to get closer to God
When Trappist Father Thomas Merton addressed persistent racism in his writing during the 1960s, his message seemingly reached into the future.
Catholics help mark 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
Around 150 former inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.2 million mostly Jewish prisoners were killed by the Nazis, attended Mass Jan. 27 at a church-run ecumenical center in Poland.
School choice, better access to quality education top goal for senator
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina shared some anecdotes about his school days during a Jan. 27 event in Washington where he announced that a top goal for him in the new Congress is school choice and expanding access to quality education.
Christian leaders meet in Lebanon, call for end to financing terrorists
Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs called for an end to financing terrorists and suggested that borders be closed when necessary to prevent their movement.
Bishops welcome court’s review of using lethal injection in executions
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review the use of lethal injections in carrying out executions is a welcome move, said the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees.