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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.
Prominent Philadelphians raise funds for St. Martin de Porres School
The annual gala celebrated the students of the North Philadelphia school and raised money for tuition and school programming.
Pope says jealousy is devil’s work; Holy Spirit brings unity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Beware of the devil, who wants a jealous, power-hungry and divided church, Pope Francis said.
Farmer who wrote Pope John Paul II looks back on 1979 Iowa visit
TRURO, Iowa (CNS) -- People in and around the small town of Truro, southwest of Des Moines, still remember Joseph Hays as the farmer whose letter persuaded Pope John Paul II to come to Iowa during his, and any pope's, first tour of the United States in 1979.
Iraqis in Jordan go to the polls, hoping for stability at home
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- A steady stream of Iraqi refugees, smiling and displaying purple index fingers, emerged from a polling station in the Hashemi Shamali district, where the majority of these urban refugees live in the Jordanian capital.