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House Speaker Boehner talks of Catholic faith with seminarian
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, took part in an email interview with seminarian Tim Sahd of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, who is a former journalist who covered politics in Washington.
Catholic organization files class-action lawsuit to block HHS mandate
A coalition of nearly 200 Catholic entities formed the Catholic Benefits Association -- of which Archbishop Charles Chaput is a board member -- then filed the lawsuit against the mandate that would require them to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs, abortifacients and surgical sterilizations.
Lenten observance becoming more widespread in Protestant churches
While Anglicans, Lutherans and Orthodox Christians have long celebrated Lent, other Protestant churches are beginning to take up the devotions. It is seen as a step toward Christian unity.
Passage urged for tax credit to help New York students, schools
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Labor, business and religious leaders assembled March 10 in New York to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve an investment tax credit, similar to those in Pennsylvania, that would benefit schools and students.
Minn. Archbishop resumes ministry; police close investigation of claim
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis has returned to public ministry following a thorough investigation by police of an allegation that he had inappropriately touched a male minor in 2009. The county DA declined to file charges against him.
For Pope Francis, a year of reform and evangelization
Take an in-depth look back on the pope's first anniversary, a year in which the world warmed to his affable, informal manner and simple language. Pope Francis has focused on a message of mercy, forgiveness and concern for the poor, and urged Catholics to go out into the world to share their faith.
Ukrainian Catholics fear ‘new oppression’ after Russian takeover
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- A Ukrainian Catholic priest in Crimea said church members are alarmed and frightened by the Russian military occupation and fear their communities might be outlawed again if Russian rule becomes permanent.
Ukrainian Catholics say Americans helped rebuild church leadership
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After the fall of communism, the U.S. Catholic Church helped rebuild the people, not just the structures, of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
U.S. Catholic Church helped rebuild church in Ukraine after communism
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the winds of change were in the air. One particularly strong breeze was the effort by the Catholic Church in the United States to revitalize the church in the Warsaw Pact nations and former Soviet republics.
Catholic organization files class-action lawsuit to block HHS mandate
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A coalition of nearly 200 Catholic dioceses, agencies and businesses has asked a federal court in Oklahoma to block enforcement of a Department of Health and Human Services mandate that it says would force its members to violate their religious beliefs.