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Atlanta archbishop to restrict weapons in Catholic institutions
ATLANTA (CNS) -- Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta pledged to restrict the presence of guns in Catholic institutions in response to a new Georgia law that would allow licensed gun owners to carry arms into schools, churches and other locales.
Cardinal shares media tips he learned at ‘school of hard knocks’
ROME (CNS) -- Thanking communications professionals who work for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York also shared with them tips he said he learned at the "school of hard knocks."
Pope: Holy Spirit, not human smarts, helps people see God’s loving plan
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Human smarts aren't enough to truly understand God's word and how he is working in people's lives, Pope Francis said.
Vatican lifts sanctions on Irish moral theologian
DUBLIN (CNS) -- An Irish priest who was forbidden to write by the Vatican because of his views on human sexuality has had the sanction lifted.
Faith leaders urge support of federal minimum wage legislation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of religious leaders stressed the moral obligation to raise the federal minimum wage in an April 29 letter to Congress, describing increased wages as "indispensable to ensuring that no worker will suffer the indignity of poverty."
Politics called a moral vocation, with pitfalls for moral actions
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic teaching may view politics as "a central element in building up the kingdom of God" and a "deeply moral" vocation, as San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy described it, but politicians acknowledged at an April 28 forum that that can be a punishing standard.
Religious, political leaders share joy in canonizations of popes
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Religious, political and secular leaders congratulated the Catholic Church on the April 27 canonization of Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II. A summary of the statements follows:
NCEA hears that the new evangelization turns church to Jesus’ good news
PITTSBURGH (CNS) -- The new evangelization is not a new Gospel, but refocuses the faithful on the good news of Jesus and involves the renewal of faith and the willingness to share it, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington told the National Catholic Education Association.
Special men of Don Guanella warmly welcomed in Downingtown
The developmentally delayed men from Springfield are transitioning to small group homes, some of which are located in St. Joseph Parish in Downingtown, whose parishioners join the men at liturgies.
Confession led man to seminary, and now to cusp of priesthood
In the third of a series of profiles of the six men to be ordained priests for the archdiocese on May 17, meet Deacon Christopher Moriconi, a classically trained organist who, after a nine-month career discernment with his brother, received the sacrament of penance and knew he wanted to be a priest.