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Pope blasts arms merchants and human traffickers, decries child labor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis denounced those responsible for human trafficking, slave labor and arms manufacturing, and called on everyone, especially families, to do all they could to safeguard "the healthy upbringing" of all children so they could look to the future with hope.
Christians among 500,000 fleeing Mosul after Islamist forces seize city
BEIRUT (CNS) -- Church leaders in northern Iraq struggled to find shelter for Christians who were among hundreds of thousands who fled Mosul, the country's second-largest city, after Islamist forces took over much of the town, a Chaldean Catholic archbishop said.
Couples from different churches say they are models for Christian unity
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CNS) -- "None of us set out to do this: We fell in love," and had to figure out how each could be true to who they were while loving and respecting the other, said a Catholic man who along with his Anglican wife spoke at a conference on ecumenism.
Inspiring and supporting families, like her own
As the new programming director for next year’s World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, Mary Beth Yount brings long experience as teacher, wife and mother to developing the topics that visitors to the event will be discussing.
Bishop Shanahan HS graduates 294 seniors
Archbishop Chaput presided over the graduation ceremonies last Friday for the Downingtown Catholic high school, which garnered many distinctions this year.
St. Francis de Sales School wins in state computer fair
Seventh graders of the Aston, Delaware County, Catholic school had two third-place awards in the state finals of a computer project fair for middle schoolers.
New leader of global Christian Brothers is native Philadelphian
Brother Robert Schieler, F.S.C., grew up in West Philadelphia and taught in schools in the archdiocese before his election last month as the superior general of the order of religious men founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle.
Marriage annulments now free in Cleveland Diocese
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cleveland Bishop Richard G. Lennon announced June 4 that all fees in marriage annulment cases were eliminated. He hoped the change will encourage people in irregular marriages, especially those who have been divorced and remarried, to participate more in church life.
Walking life’s journey with the poor
Bethany Welch has won a national award for her work with poor residents of multi-ethnic South Philadelphia, but that’s not a surprise considering her devout Catholic faith. The surprise is in how far she has come in her spiritual journey and her thinking about poverty.
High court upholds ‘back of the line’ policy for some visa applicants
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Children of immigrants who "age out" while waiting with their parents for a visa to be admitted to the U.S. will have to start over again in a new line when they turn 21, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 9.