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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.
The quotable pope: Top 10 sayings of Pope Francis
Pope Francis has given the church a bounty of memorable sound bites in his first year as pontiff. Here are 10, in no particular order.
Survey shows major shift in U.S. Catholics’ view of same-sex marriage
A new survey indicated 58 percent of white Catholics and 56 percent of Hispanic Catholics now favor same-sex marriage. This is up 22 percentage points from 2003, when only 35 percent of Catholics overall supported same-sex marriage.
As in Bosnia, Syrian activists urged to use nonviolence
A Franciscan priest who worked in Bosnia in the 1990s, with its "vortex of violence," told peace Syrians they should use nonviolence in their peacemaking efforts. "If you do something, God will help you," the priest said. "You have to start."
Pope names aide to post at new economy secretariat
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has named the Maltese monsignor who initially served as his personal secretary to be the general secretary of the new Secretariat for the Economy. Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, 55, had served as assistant personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI and stepped up as Pope Francis’ secretary when the new pope […]