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Pope on Corpus Christi: Jesus in the Eucharist gives life, love
Updated - ROME (CNS) -- Jesus is the living bread that can satisfy a person's deepest yearnings, Pope Francis said on the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.
Church urges Sudan to reconsider hanging Catholic woman
KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Khartoum has urged the judiciary to review the case against a Catholic woman who refused to renounce her faith and has been sentenced to death by hanging.
Refugees in Jordan say they never thought they would have to leave home
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- Desperate to reunite with family in Europe, a young Syrian refugee recently paid thousands of dollars to a human trafficker to help him and his brother travel abroad. Instead, the pair found themselves tricked, half-way on the opposite side of the world -- in China.
Media urged to focus on God, be friends of Jesus and one another
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) -- Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, president of the U.S. Bishops' Conference, told Catholic communicators meeting June 18 in Charlotte that he believes the Catholic media will be called upon as evangelizers in the years ahead to move the digital frontier from “diatribe to dialogue.”
Relic of St. Anthony of Padua to visit Massachusetts parish
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) -- A relic of St. Anthony of Padua will be on display at St. Anthony Maronite Church in Springfield in September.
Pope names Baltimore auxiliary bishop to head Massachusetts diocese
Updated - WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of Baltimore as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Moral questions come into play in push for higher federal minimum wage
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While Congress has stalled on adopting an increase in the federal minimum wage, steps are being taken across the country to boost the income of low-wage workers.
Middle East Christians ‘betrayed’ by West, Catholic leader says
BEIRUT (CNS) -- Syriac Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said Christians in the Middle East feel "abandoned, even betrayed" by the West as the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gained control of large areas of Syria and Iraq in a violent push through both countries in June.
Federal judge halts same-sex marriages in Wisconsin during appeal
MADISON, Wis. (CNS) -- A federal judge halted same-sex marriages in Wisconsin while an appeal of her decision to strike down as unconstitutional the state's ban on such marriages is pending.
From North Philadelphia, a priest for the inner city
Parish priests and the Sisters of Mercy inspired Father Richard Owens toward ordination as a Capuchin Franciscan priest. His vocation was sown in his family, at Our Lady of Hope Parish and at Mercy Vocational, the only Catholic vocational high school in the United States.