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Just economic policies respect person’s right to work, pope says
The global economic system exploits regional and national differences in labor costs, taking advantage of the poor and destroying jobs in countries where the rights and dignity of workers enjoy greater protections, Pope Francis said.
Legal proceedings, pastoral outreach both part of annulment process
There's an inherent tension between upholding the indissolubility of sacramental marriage and bringing pastoral care to those whose marriages have failed, according to a canon law professor and ethics professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Communion for some Catholics should be ‘off the table’ at synod, cardinal says
The highest ranking U.S. bishop at the Vatican says this month's Synod of Bishops on the family should mark the end of a high-level debate over whether to make it easier for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
Year of Consecrated Life events to help laity learn more about religious
In an effort to help lay Catholics gain a deeper understanding of religious life, priests, brothers and women religious intend to open their convents, monasteries, abbeys and religious houses to the public one day next February.
Pope: People must open hearts to migrants who face closed borders
People need to open their hearts to the many people who are forced to migrate as they face enormous difficulties and sometimes tragedy, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Life means nothing to terrorists, arms trade root of Mideast woes
Pope Francis opened a three-day summit on the violence and persecution underway in the Middle East, saying arms trafficking was the root cause of many problems in the region.
Missouri spokesman confirms archbishop visited diocese for interviews
A diocesan spokesman confirmed that a Canadian archbishop conducted an apostolic visitation to the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., to conduct interviews with Bishop Robert W. Finn and others in the diocese.
Pope: Tiny voice in your head? Don’t ignore it; it’s a guardian angel
Guardian angels are not the stuff of fantasy; they are really present as wise travel companions helping people navigate life's journey, Pope Francis said.
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.”
Family recalls St. Katharine Drexel’s generosity
Today is the 14th anniversary of the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel. She is well known for charity to oppressed people in America, but she also helped needy local families during the Great Depression, as one member of that family remembers today.