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College students take journey to Catholic Church through RCIA on campus
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It's Thursday evening, and Georgetown University's small Copley Crypt Chapel is filling up with students from every corner of campus.
SAT changes: Some colleges will not feel impact in application process
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When major changes to the SAT college admissions test were recently announced, some college admissions officers didn't give the news much thought.
Peace walk, Stations of Cross procession call for end to gang violence
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. (CNS) -- Josue Barbosa Zamora died in a drive-by shooting Jan. 13, 300 feet from his front door, the latest young man to die violently in East Palo Alto.
Delaware County parish starts young adult outreach, teams with nearby parishes
Our Lady of Charity Parish in Brookhaven sweated out a close call during parish planning. Jessica DuBois started its rejuvenation through a new ministry to her peers in the parish and its neighbors.
Brother of Terri Schiavo gives talk on end-of-life issues
Bobby Schindler spoke Sunday, March 9 at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Richboro on the topic of assisted nutrition and hydration. It was part of an archdiocesan series that offers parish-based talks titled "Life Affirming Choices." Also, a Mass for Terri Schiavo will be celebrated by Archbishop Chaput March 31.
Economic woes, violence leave Venezuelan charities short of food, meds
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) -- Deep economic problems and violent demonstrations in Venezuela have left Catholic charities struggling to supply food and medical supplies amid an increase in demand for services, said a top Catholic aid official.
Green Bay’s mayor invites Pope Francis to visit Wisconsin city in 2015
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) -- If the National Football League's smallest city can be home to the four-time Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, why can't it host a visit from Pope Francis?
Statue of Mary coming soon to South Philadelphia street corner
The dream of Sister Paula Bierschmitt, artist and religious, to erect a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe on South Broad Street is nearing fruition. It all started with a mysterious photograph she took of Our Lady's image six years ago.
Atheist group says 9/11 museum shouldn’t display cross-shaped beams
NEW YORK (CNS) -- A 17-foot-tall cross-shaped steel beam that was found in the wreckage two days after 9/11 became an indelible image in the months following the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.
Cardinal calls to maintain, yet reinterpret, doctrine to help families
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs to find a middle ground that does not destroy or abandon doctrine, but offers a "renewed" interpretation of church teaching in order to help those whose marriages have failed, Cardinal Walter Kasper said.