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Priest: Ukrainian Catholics flee Crimea to escape threats of arrest
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church are fleeing Crimea to escape threats of arrest and property seizures, a priest told Catholic News Service just four days after Russia finalized the region's annexation.
L.A. group out to ask pope to urge Obama to push for immigration reform
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Seventeen people from the Los Angeles Archdiocese were in Rome March 25 hoping to ask Pope Francis to urge President Barack Obama to strengthen efforts to enact comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
Archbishop Chaput’s remarks from Vatican press conference
Following are the full remarks of Archbishop Charles Chaput and of Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, during a press conference March 25 at the Holy See Press Office at the Vatican. The archbishops spoke about the planning efforts for the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.
Probe recovers funds stolen from U.S. Pontifical Mission Societies
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Following an 18-month investigation, the Pontifical Mission Societies announced March 25, in a joint statement with the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the recovery of some $1.1 million in funds stolen by a now-deceased official of the organization.
Britain bans burning of fetuses to heat hospitals
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The British government has imposed an immediate ban on the incineration of miscarried and aborted babies after journalists found cases of hospitals burning fetuses to generate heat.
Abuse survivor says new Vatican commission must achieve real change
DUBLIN (CNS) -- The lone clerical abuse survivor nominated by Pope Francis to sit on the new Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said the commission needs to achieve concrete change in order to "show other survivors that the church is going to get it right."
Ugandan priest witnesses great suffering among South Sudanese refugees
ADJUMANI, Uganda, (CNS) -- It has been two months since Father Raphael Ayiga Lebu has had a good night, or a good day, of sleep.
Photo of the day
Pope Francis walks with children during a meeting with Malta's President George Abela, left, during a private audience at the Vatican March 21. (CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool)
It’s a go: World Meeting of Families officially coming to Philadelphia in 2015
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year will be open to families and people of different faiths, including no faith at all, to engage the wider society and strengthen all families, organizers said. The gathering Sept. 22-27, 2015, "is meant to be a gift not just for Catholics in Philadelphia, but for every person of good will," Archbishop Charles Chaput said.
Aston students learn about healthy eating at home and school
During an activity March 14, seventh-grade students of St. Francis de Sales School in Aston planned and prepared a meal based on recommendations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The students also created informational displays of the nutritional value of the meal.