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Federal appeals court overturns Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage

Virginia's Catholic bishops said in a July 28 statement that "those with same-sex attractions must be treated with respect and sensitivity," but reaffirmed the Catholic Church's teaching that marriage should be between one man and one woman.

In El Salvador, Americans see firsthand legacy of murdered Jesuits

Standing at the edge of the garden where six Jesuit priests were killed in 1989, Echol Nix is clear about the message he is taking home with him to the United States.

Former major league player shares baseball skills, deep faith at camp

After Anthony Adams received a baseball-bead rosary at Mike Sweeney Catholic Baseball Camp, he posted a photo of it on Instagram. "Like it if you love God and you like my baseball rosary," the 12-year-old wrote.

St. Francis Country House threatened by potential shooter

St. Francis Country House in Darby, Delaware County, was the scene of police activity Wednesday afternoon, July 30, after a Darby man made threats of gun violence at the nursing facility and the adjacent Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital.

Father Bongard named new head of Roman Catholic HS

Father Joseph W. Bongard, a 1977 graduate of the center city archdiocesan high school, will become its new rector and president Aug. 1. He returns to the school he led as rector from 2006 to 2010 before serving as vice rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood for the past four years.

Clergy changes announced

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput announces the following appointments effective as noted.

Child migration crisis is complex, local experts agree

Leaders in the Philadelphia Archdiocese who work on the issue of 55,000 unaccompanied minors trying to immigrate to the United States trace the root causes of the crisis, and say a turning point may come from the Obama administration in September.

Report shows rising number of people displaced because of faith in 2013

Millions of Christians, Muslim and Hindus as well as people of other faiths were displaced by violence or threats because of their religious practice or for not holding any religious belief, said the 2013 Report on International Religious Freedom released July 28.

Neumann-Goretti HS welcomes new president

Bruce Robinson has been named president of SS. John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School and John Murawski executive director of alumni relations at the archdiocesan high school in South Philadelphia.

Pope Francis reveals top 10 secrets to happiness

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Slowing down, being generous and fighting for peace are part of Pope Francis' secret recipe for happiness -- see the full list.