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Budding lawyers at Roman Catholic HS win city’s mock trial title
The archdiocesan high school's mock trial team captured the city championship with a win over Girard College March 15 at Temple University in Philadelphia. It is Roman's first city title since 2010.
Federal courts, Homeland Security weigh in on immigration issues
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In early March, federal judges ruled in two cases in ways that may ease detention for some immigrants, and a federal agency's new directive clarifies Border Patrol policies for use of force at the border.
Eat more fish: Australian bishops back year-round Friday abstinence
PERTH, Australia (CNS) -- Three Australian bishops said they would support re-establishment of year-round Friday abstinence from meat -- without sanction of sin -- following the lead of England and Wales in 2011. Catholic bishops in the U.S. ended obligatory abstinence in 1966.
Pope’s first year marked by ‘real call’ for church to be more pastoral
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Pope Francis "has taken the world by storm" in the year since his election, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz said March 13. He and Cardinal Timothy Dolan appeared on "CBS This Morning" to talk about the pope, saying he "does it the way Jesus said: 'Don't just tell people to do something but do it yourself.'"
Bucks County parish hosts Charismatic Mass
St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Croydon will host a Catholic Charismatic Mass with healing service Thursday, March 20. The theme is "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord."
Vatican, Anglicans, Muslims sign accord against human trafficking
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican, the Anglican Communion and a leading Muslim institution signed a historic agreement to work together to end human trafficking worldwide by 2020.
As tensions continue with Russia, Ukrainian Catholic leader meets pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican with the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church March 17, the day after pro-Russian voters on the Crimean peninsula voted to secede from Ukraine in a referendum the United States and European Union called illegal.
Biggest downside of being pontiff is the paperwork, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The thing Pope Francis dislikes most about his job as pontiff is the paperwork, he told residents of an Argentine slum in which he used to minister.
Bill would continue programs that help inmates with life after prison
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Clevelander Alease Fleming is no stranger to prison.
Survey shows Pope Francis has influenced giving by U.S. Catholics
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- While any increase in church attendance prompted by the pope's appeal isn't quite yet measurable, a new survey shows Pope Francis has made an impact on Catholic giving in the year since his papacy began.