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Lawmakers’ override of vetoes an ‘affirmation that all life matters’
The Missouri Legislature voted Sept. 10 to override Gov. Jay Nixon's vetoes of bills establishing a 72-hour waiting period before an abortion decision and a tax credit bill that benefits pregnancy help centers, maternity homes and food pantries.
Coalition hopes days of prayer, fasting will help bring peace to world
In light of the recent political, military and social conflicts taking place around the world, Catholics and other Christians have found reason to come together in faith to pray for world peace and healing.
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.