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Ill again, pope cancels visit to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, university
ROME (CNS) -- At the exact moment Pope Francis was scheduled to leave the Vatican to travel to Rome's Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and its Gemelli Hospital, patients and staff were told the pope had to postpone his visit because he was not feeling well.
Massachusetts pro-life sidewalk counselors applaud court’s decision
WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- When the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled June 26 that the buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts violated First Amendment rights, pro-life advocates outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Worcester were doing what they always do -- praying on the sidewalk.
A Philly guy through and through, this judge keeps Catholic principles at his core
Federal Judge Jerry McHugh never moved from his childhood neighborhood in St. Francis de Sales Parish, West Philadelphia. He also has never wavered from his conviction to help ex-cons and the poor.
CatholicPhilly.com wins 1st place in Catholic press awards
The top prize for Catholic news websites was judged by secular journalists and awarded by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.
The future of TV — and how it may be shaped by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When one breaks it down, this start-up business called Aereo had been offering its television retransmission service in only 11 metropolitan areas by the time the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision June 25, ruled the manner of its retransmission unconstitutional -- at least not without paying a fee to the networks whose programming Aereo transmitted.
U.N. official, panels address issue of torture at Washington conference
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.N. special rapporteur on torture encouraged torture survivors and advocates to "look to a torture-free world within our lifetimes" during a conference at The Catholic University of America.
Join the mob, go to Mass
Young people who might never have seen a lovely old Catholic church filled for a vibrant Sunday Mass will have another chance to join the “Mass mob” at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on Sunday, June 29 at 11:15 a.m.
St. Bede Parish hosts concert before Independence Day
The Holland, Bucks County, parish will host its eighth annual outdoor Patriotic Concert July 3 at 7 p.m., and invites all to bring a lawn chair and a bell to ring in July 4th.
Synod document cites cultural and economic threats to family
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a "widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis" of the family.
Fall synod to review state of family; 2015 synod to draw up proposals
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Representatives of the world's Catholic bishops, meeting together in a synod, are not expected to make any formal proposals about the church's pastoral care of families until after a second, larger gathering in 2015.