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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."
Knights send $2.2 million to assist Christian refugees in Iraq, Syria
The Knights of Columbus announced its Christian Refugee Relief Fund has donated $2.2 million to help displaced Iraqi and Syrian Christians and other religious minorities who continue to face violent persecution "and the very real prospect of extinction."
Deacon and communications professor dies at age 66
Permanent Deacon Martin P. Lomonaco was assigned to St. Agnes Parish in West Chester. He is remembered as an influential professor at Neumann University.
2014 brought a chance at change for millions of immigrants
The year 2014 brought potentially significant changes for millions of people who are in the United States illegally and either arrived here as minors or who have U.S. citizen or legal-resident children.
Pope Francis wants solidarity in creating world without nuclear weapons
Pope Francis called on world leaders, activists and people of faith to pull together to rid the world of the threat of nuclear weapons.
Mass, exhibit honor winners of national Christmas art contest
A special Mass Dec. 5 and an exhibit at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington celebrated the winners of the annual Christmas artwork contest sponsored by the Missionary Childhood Association.
In Philippines, lessons from Haiyan helped lessen Hagupit’s impact
Initial assessments by Catholic emergency responders showed significant damage to coastal areas of an island province in the east-central Philippines, where a powerful typhoon first made landfall Dec. 5, but church officials said in some parts, chapels that were used as shelters held their own.