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New radio program covers life issues, ways to spread culture of life
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CNS) -- A new radio program launched in the Palm Beach Diocese in June with a focus on shedding light on pro-life issues, and sharing ways to get involved in promoting the culture of life in the not-so-pro-life world.
The mafia and religion make headlines after pope’s condemnation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the 30 men carrying a large statue of Mary and the hundreds of people accompanying the statue in southern Italy paused and bowed in front of the house of a presumed mafia boss, the local bishop denounced them as blasphemous.
Why children run from their Central American homes
The reasons for a 92 percent increase in unaccompanied minors coming to the United States from Central America include rising violence from gangs, joblessness from a new coffee blight and the perception that children might be granted asylum in America just because they are children.
Iraqi patriarch: Situation perhaps ‘darkest and most difficult period’
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- The patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad called the current situation in his country "perhaps the darkest and most difficult period in (the church's) recent history."
Vatican budgets for 2013 show modest surplus
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's final budget figures for 2013 showed a deficit on the part of the Roman Curia, but a strong performance by entities falling under the separate Vatican City State budget covered the deficit and helped the Vatican end the year 8.5 million euros ($11.6 million) in the black.
Chapter on abuse is not closed while people still suffer, says prelate
ROME (CNS) -- The crisis of child abuse by clergy is not a thing of the past -- it will linger until the church humbly and courageously reaches out to all people still suffering in silence, said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin.
Archbishop orders internal investigation of claims made against him
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis told priests and staff about recent allegations against him involving events alleged to have occurred a decade ago before he began serving in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, calling them "absolutely and entirely false."
Vatican bank, preparing for new leaders, publishes final 2013 figures
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Preparing for big changes in its governance and structure, the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank, published its 2013 financial statement, reporting a nose dive in net profit.
Go and find disciples by following Christ’s example, archbishop says
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (CNS) -- Archbishop Gregory Wilton D. Gregory urged participants at the Atlanta Archdiocese's Eucharistic Congress to find candidates for discipleship by following "the example of Christ himself."
Christian-run college gets temporary relief from HHS mandate
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court late July 3 granted Christian-run Wheaton College in Illinois temporary relief from complying with the Department of Health and Human Services' federal contraceptive mandate that is part of the Affordable Care Act.