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East Jerusalem tour heightens U.S. bishops’ awareness of complexities
U.S. bishops visiting the Holy Land said an on-the-ground tour and briefing about the situation in East Jerusalem heightened their awareness of the settlement issue in the divided city.
Vatican says pope will visit Turkey in November
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is planning to visit Turkey "in the last days of November," but said the length of his trip and his agenda in the country have yet to be determined.
Christian leaders meet Obama, discuss concerns for Mideast minorities
Eight Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 minutes talking to President Barack Obama about the situation of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.
New Jersey nun a step closer to sainthood
All Catholics are invited to the beatification of Sister Miriam Teresa Demanovich in Newark, N.J., and to learn about her mystical writings before she died at age 26. Her intercession with God is attributed to the miraculous cure of a blind boy in 1963.
Bishop McDevitt HS agrees to pact with Arcadia U
The archdiocesan high school and the secular university, located about a block from each other in eastern Montgomery County, signed a 40-year agreement to share athletic fields and offer dual enrollment to McDevitt students.
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.”
‘It pierced my heart like a knife,’ nun says after visit to Iraqis
Sister Marie Claude Naddaf, provincial leader of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for Lebanon and Syria, is still shaken by what she witnessed visiting Irbil, Iraq.
Church leaders, politicians, laity meet in D.C. on behalf of Christians
Emphasizing that diversity does not preclude unity, nearly a thousand Christian leaders, politicians and laypeople gathered in Washington to launch a massive effort on behalf of the minority communities of the Middle East.
Deathbed ordination ‘reflects Pascal Mystery,’ says bishop
As William Carmona lay gravely ill in a San Antonio hospital bed, he repeatedly questioned his classmates from nearby Assumption Seminary: "Where is Bishop Choby?" "When will he get here?" And finally: "How many more hours until he ordains me?"
Faith, ‘all-in’ approach help rookie NFL referee achieve his dream
The emotion poured out of Bryan Neale when he learned that the dream he had pursued for 25 years had finally come true.