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Archbishop Kurtz hopes synod’s final report will ‘refine and clarify’
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said he hoped the final report of the Synod of Bishops on the family would improve on the assembly's midterm report in celebrating exemplary families, encouraging missionary outreach and emphasizing that the church's pastoral efforts must be grounded in Scripture and Catholic teaching.
At South Philadelphia parish, their souls glorify the Lord
None of the three speakers who were asked to give public witness to their faith had ever done so before. But like Mary, they agreed to "let it be done" and spoke during three days of rosaries and reflection at St. Paul Parish last week.
Texas nurse with Ebola supported by prayers from her home parish
During an Oct. 13 Mass at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Fort Worth, the pastor, Father Jim Khoi asked for prayers for Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse who grew up in the parish and is now in the news as the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United States.
Speaker talks to teens about virtue of chastity, calls purity ‘a gift’
Research shows that people who get married as virgins have a divorce rate about 70 percent lower than couples who don't wait for marriage to have sex, Jason Evert told a recent gathering of Iowa high school students.
‘Responsibility to protect’ must be part of ‘rule of law,’ says nuncio
The Vatican's nuncio to the United Nations called for a broad definition of the term "rule of law" that includes respect, dignity and justice.
Family synod midterm report stirs controversy among bishops
The official midterm report from the Synod of Bishops, which uses strikingly conciliatory language toward divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and same-sex unions, has proven highly controversial inside and outside the synod hall, with some synod fathers saying it does not accurately reflect the assembly's views.
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.”
Gala event aims to launch new vocations program
The region’s Serra Clubs and the archdiocesan Vocations Office will host a dinner Oct. 23 to fund a program encouraging young college-age men to follow God’s call to the priesthood.
Daily recitation of rosary ‘key to world peace,’ priest says at rally
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone carried the exposed Eucharist in a monstrance through the streets of San Francisco, as more than a thousand Catholics processed in a public display of faith from St. Mary's Cathedral to United Nations Plaza for the 4th annual rosary rally Oct. 11.
Lawyer says agreement ‘a new day, new way’ in church response to abuse
With a historic courtroom in downtown St. Paul as the backdrop, attorney Jeff Anderson and officials from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Oct. 13 announced a settlement of one of the first cases filed under the Minnesota Child Victims Act.