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Pope names 15 new cardinal electors, most from global South
Pope Francis' selections of cardinals emphasize Africa and Asia, where the church is growing fastest, and his native Latin America, home to about 40 percent of the world's Catholics. No U.S. bishops will be made cardinals in the February consistory.
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.”
New year is good time to examine conscience, pope says
The end of one calendar year and the beginning of another is the perfect occasion to reflect on how well people have used the time and gifts God has given them -- especially in service to the poor, Pope Francis said.
Maryland governor commutes sentences of men on death row
Maryland's outgoing Gov. Martin O'Malley said he would commute the death sentences of the last four inmates on the state's death row to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
German bishops think sacraments should be OK for divorced, remarried
Germany's Catholic bishops have published a report detailing their views on marriage and family, suggesting most bishops believe sacraments should be available to divorced and remarried Catholics who do not have an annulment.
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.”
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.”
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.”
The year in the news: Our top 10 of 2014
Looking back on the year about to close, CatholicPhilly.com published almost 300 local Catholic news stories. Picking the top 10 will omit important stories, but we’ll give it a go, anyway.
Insider writes the book on healthy marriage and family
Christopher Roberts is one of the lead authors of the catechesis for the World Meeting of Families used by parishes and families. He and his wife are Ph.D. theologians, but they're really offering church teaching on family life from their lived experience.