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Archbishop Chaput’s remarks at Vatican press conference
After his meeting with officials of the Pontifical Council for the Family in Rome, Archbishop Charles Chaput spoke to the press his hopes for the upcoming 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
Catholics stay up all night in Pittsburgh
Eastern-rite and Latin-rite Catholics joined in an all-night prayer vigil Sept. 13-14 at a Byzantine Catholic church in Pittsburgh to celebrate prayerfully their culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse city.
Divorce, migration changing the face of families worldwide, in U.S.
The blended and extended families created by high rates of divorce, remarriage and cohabitation -- and worldwide migration -- have combined to change the view of family as limited to a mother, father and their children.
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.”
At wedding, pope says spouses make each other better men and women
Presiding over the wedding of 20 couples in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated marriage as the union of a man and woman playing complementary roles during their common journey through life.
Troubled by war, pope recalls its shocking legacy of indifference
Pope Francis asked when will people learn that war is madness, and that its root is an attitude of, "What do I care?"
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.”
Senator earns bishop’s ire for comments at summit on Mideast Christians
After U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told participants of the In Defense of Christians summit Sept. 11 in Washington that Christians in the Middle East have no better ally than Israel, he was booed, then walked off the stage. "Christians don't ally themselves to any state," said Maronite Bishop Gregory Mansour.
Catholic League is ready for some football
Reviewing two games of non-league action in the young high school football season, some individual performances stood out -- including a new Catholic League passing yardage record (415) for one quarterback, and 353 yards and 4 TDs for another.
Adopting an attitude for life
In the first of CatholicPhilly.com’s series “Faithful Families,” examining Catholic families in the preparatory time before the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, meet two Montgomery County couples who between them have adopted seven children. The two moms also teach young people the value of adoption as a choice for life.