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Pregnant at 16, Anne chose adoption for her baby
After marrying and raising three sons, Anne Hinnegan now tells the story of her own teenage crisis, the loving support her parents gave and the choice she made for the life of a daughter she has never met.
Coalition aims to end death penalty in U.S.
A coalition of groups called 90 Million Strong will work on a state-by-state basis to add to the 16 states that now ban capital punishment. The head of a participating Catholic group said the death penalty "is a life issue to us."
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.”
Religious leaders on torture: Don’t let it happen again
Acts of torture outlined in a Senate report "violated the God-given human dignity inherent in all people and were unequivocally wrong," said a bishop who along with other religious leaders condemned the use of torture by the CIA.
Yardley parish to host Boys Choir concert
The Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 999 Reading Avenue in Yardley.
Church heightens profile in its work on environment, climate change
When a Vatican official suggested that Pope Francis was contemplating an encyclical on the environment a year ago, he signaled that climate change and environmental degradation were such pressing concerns that the pope wanted to address them in a teaching document.
Ferguson business owner ‘overwhelmed by love, kindness, service’
Plywood covered the broken front windows of her restaurant, the back door served as the main entrance, and no diners appeared on this afternoon. Yet, Maria Flores counted her blessings.
Student says many welcomed church’s ‘safe space’ amid Ferguson turmoil
People are seeking an understanding of why race is such a contentious subject in St. Louis, wanting to get to the "underlying issue" of why it is "so embedded" in its history, said Laura Downing, a student at St. Louis University.
Cyberslums where online abusers prowl need pastoral care, say speakers
A new kind of ghetto needs the church's presence and people's solidarity: the "digital slum" where cyberbullying and online pornography and abuse run rampant, said speakers at a Vatican news conference.
Vatican sends all bishops new questionnaire ahead of 2015 family synod
The questionnaire instructs bishops' conferences to avoid "a formulation of pastoral care based simply on an application of doctrine" in favor of the call to "pastoral activity ... capable of recognizing the Lord's gratuitous work, even outside customary models."