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For Buenos Aires’ working class, Carnival makes a comeback
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNS) -- Paula Zanarini has not worked for two years. She blames her age, 38, for an inability to find or keep the jobs she had as a customer service representative for several telecom companies in Argentina.
Work of lay Franciscan Volunteers shows ‘Holy Spirit is working’
The Franciscan Volunteer Ministry, based in New York and serving intensively at Kensington's St. Francis Inn, received an award from the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The volunteers take one year after college to serve -- a year that changes the community and themselves.
NFL coaches, team officials gather for Mass, dinner and fellowship
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- Coaches, scouts and front office personnel from all 32 National Football League teams have gathered in mid-February in Indianapolis for years for several intensive days of analyzing hundreds of top college football players who are eligible for the NFL draft, which starts May 8 this year.
Pope is challenging church to revitalize roots in Christ, cardinals say
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In just one year, Pope Francis has made a powerful impact on the Catholic Church worldwide, a number of cardinals have said. Members of the College of Cardinals gathered in Rome for a series of meetings in late February, and several spoke to Catholic News Service about the Argentine pope's budding legacy.
The truth of life emerges
Those who attended the Pennsylvanians’ for Human Life annual banquet got an earful, twice: A journalist lifted the veil on abortion media coverage, and a former abortion clinic worker had an epiphany when a clinic director finally said: “What we do here is end life.”
Supreme Court upholds lower courts’ block of immigrant housing laws
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two municipalities -- including Hazleton, Pa. -- that tried to make it illegal for people who lack legal immigration status to rent housing were rebuffed March 3 by the Supreme Court.
Black, Catholic and proud
Stacy Williams is a busy leader at predominantly African American St. Malachy Parish in North Philadelphia. She also has written a play about the Catholic experience of the civil rights movement, premiering March 23.
Pope asks prayers for Ukraine; archbishop says country in danger
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As uncertainty reigned in Ukraine and Russian troops appeared to have control of the Crimean peninsula, Pope Francis again asked the world's Christians to pray for Ukraine and urged the parties involved in the conflict to engage in dialogue.
Marriage needs to be ‘preserved,’ not ‘redefined,’ says archbishop
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone urged the U.S. Senate to pass the State Marriage Defense Act of 2014, saying it is necessary to keep the federal government from circumventing state laws defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Malvern Retreat House hosts Ash Wednesday reflection
The one-day retreat March 5 includes inspirational talks, Mass, quiet time, meditation, stations of the cross, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, private adoration and Benediction.