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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.
Migrants take lead in Honduran church’s immigration ministries
GOASCORAN, Honduras (CNS) -- This is where immigrants come from, a place where decades of war, corruption, hurricanes and drought have combined to make life untenable for many. And so they have gone away.
World without mothers would be inhumane, lacking tenderness, pope says
Mothers show the world what it means to give oneself generously for others, to respect life and to display tenderness and moral strength even in times of trouble, Pope Francis said.
Catholic Social Services’ Food Cupboard receives major grant
Members of the Order of Malta gave $25,000 to Archbishop Charles Chaput for the purchase of refrigerators and freezers for the Catholic Social Services-run Montgomery County Food Cupboard in Norristown, which fed 35,000 people last year.