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Vatican bank investigated cleric arrested again by Italian authorities
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Summarizing efforts made in 2013 to improve transparency and compliance with international standards for financial operations, the Vatican bank confirmed that it conducted a "detailed investigation" of the accounts held by a monsignor arrested by Italian police for the second time Jan. 21.
Vatican is studying possible papal trips to Korea, other Asian nations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A possible papal trip to South Korea for an Asian youth gathering in August is under consideration as are invitations to the Philippines and Sri Lanka, the Vatican spokesman said.
Bryn Mawr Catholic school plans three community events on one day
SS. Colman-John Neumann School in Bryn Mawr will welcome parishioners, book lovers and interested new school families Jan. 26 for Catholic School Week events: a Pancake Breakfast, Open House and Book Fair.
Bishop praises Nigeria’s new law prohibiting same-sex relationships
LAGOS, NIGERIA (CNS) -- Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing a law prohibiting all types of same-sex relationships.
Philadelphia buses cancelled for march on Washington
Due to heavy snowfall along the Northeast corridor, all buses of Catholic faithful scheduled to depart from the Philadelphia Archdiocese for the March for Life to Washington, D.C., have been cancelled, the archdiocese announced Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21.
Lenore Merrick, longtime teacher and social worker, dies at 73
The Chester County resident graduated from West Catholic Girls High School in 1958, and as a teacher at St. Ignatius and St. Teresa schools she was one of the first African-American teachers in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Ukraine church urges return to peace amid spiraling street violence
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church appealed for calm as violence worsened between police and pro-European Union demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.
Caring for women, the unborn seen as issues in clinic buffer zone case
WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- Massachusetts pro-life advocates who went to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in an abortion buffer zone case said caring for women and being the voice of the unborn are among the issues at stake.
Were Rev. King alive today, he’d welcome all immigrants, says speaker
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would not close America's borders, nor would he only welcome the better educated, professional immigrants, said a retired Indiana college chancellor, the son of Mexican immigrants.
At Rome parish, pope meets with migrants, homeless, youths
ROME (CNS) -- Meeting 80 immigrants assisted by members of a Rome parish, Pope Francis said leaving one's homeland is always painful, but faith can give one the strength to keep going.