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Pope says ‘forces of evil’ are at work in Ukraine war
Jewish, Muslim, Anglican, Orthodox, Catholic, Buddhist and Hindu leaders met in a Ukrainian city where a message by Pope Francis urged peace efforts amid "abominable" attacks on innocent people and widescale destruction by Russian forces.
Ukrainians ask Vatican to reconsider Good Friday service
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church asked Pope Francis to scrap plans to have a Ukrainian woman and a Russian woman carry the cross together during the pope's Way of the Cross service in Rome April 15.
Faith and friendly competition make everyone a winner at ‘Religion Bee’
Finalists from Catholic elementary schools throughout the archdiocesan area faced off at an April 8 championship round, testing their knowledge of Scripture, doctrine, devotion and even archdiocesan history.
Teen ‘lives mercy’ by helping women with most basic needs
Mary Grace Dempsey, a senior at Merion Mercy Academy, collected feminine hygiene products for Catholic Social Services to help counter the all-too-real problem of "period poverty."
St. Mark Church, Bristol gets facelift for Holy Week
The scaffolding came down and the drop cloths were removed just in time for parishioners to mark Palm Sunday Masses April 10 at the 177-year old church with its fresh paint amid an ongoing restoration.
Maryland lawmakers override governor’s veto of expansive abortion bill
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Catholic, said the bill that he vetoed "endangers the health and lives of women by allowing nonphysicians to perform abortions." On April 9, Maryland's legislature overrode his veto of a day earlier.
As Colorado expands abortion, Oklahoma lawmakers OK near-total ban
The two states represent many that have either enacted more permissive or restrictive measures in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a Mississippi case that, if upheld, would return the abortion issue to the states.
German bishops counter Catholic youth on abortion advertising
Germany's Catholic bishops opposed the Federation of German Catholic Youth's call to end the country's ban advertisements for abortion. Germany’s new coalition government favors abolishing the ban.
‘Let an Easter truce begin’ in Ukraine, pope says
"What kind of victory will it be to plant a flag on a pile of rubble?" Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday, April 10. Without specifically naming the war in Ukraine, he said Jesus invites humanity to break the vicious cycle of evil.
Pontifical Academy of Sciences raises alarm about nuclear weapons
Russia's war on Ukraine raises the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, the unleashing of radioactive material from nuclear power plants and a new push to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, said council members.