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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.”
Pope to bishops: Guard the faith, build hope, love sinners as they are
Today's bishops must be as vigilant and courageous as sentinels keeping watch over the faith, and as forgiving and patient as Moses, leading a sinning people across harsh deserts to God, Pope Francis said.
When discussing binge drinking, be honest, practical, parents are urged
Even though they might be taller than you and often assert their independence, college students look to parents for guidance on big decisions.
With binge drinking on rise, colleges take steps to address its dangers
College: a time for students to try on new ideas for size, build enduring friendships and struggle through a few pre-exam all-nighters. And, in between all of that, drink. A lot.
N.J. man recalls vision cure attributed to Sister Miriam’s intercession
Michael Mencer, 58, well remembers the September day in 1964 when he was walking home from St. Anastasia School in Teaneck.
Questioned about beating, Archbishop Wood coach quits
An assistant basketball coach at Archbishop Wood High School has resigned his position after he was implicated Sept. 18 in the brutal beating of two men a week ago in center city Philadelphia. Archbishop Chaput deplored the attack in a statement.
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.”
Pope’s advisers begin makeover of Vatican bureaucracy
The C9, a papally appointed group of nine cardinals, met this week with Pope Francis and began to write a document in order to reform the Vatican's organization and church governance.
Fed agency finds subsidized health plans cover elective abortions
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-life Activities, said Congress should require full disclosure of abortion coverage and related premiums to Americans purchasing health plans.
Growing secularization seen as weakening place of religion in U.S.
Religious liberty is under aggressive assault on many fronts in a culture increasingly insensitive to rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to U.S. Constitution, according to speakers at a forum in New York.