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Pope supports efforts to help parents of disabled, remove barriers
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting a leading Italian campaigner for the rights of people with disabilities, Pope Francis promised to encourage greater support for the parents of young people with disabilities and to support efforts to make churches and church buildings accessible.
Pope says abortion, hunger, environmental damage threaten peace
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said world peace requires the defense of human dignity from violations such as world hunger, human trafficking and abortion.
Pope to moms: It’s OK to breast-feed in public, even in Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis assured mothers that breast-feeding their babies in public, even during a papal Mass in the Sistine Chapel, is OK.
New cardinal counts Pope Benedict, liberation theologian as friends
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was the first Vatican official formally confirmed in his post by Pope Francis and will be among the first 19 men the pope inducts into the College of Cardinals.
Cardinal-designate Parolin coordinates Curia, Vatican diplomacy
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In his dual roles as coordinator of the Roman Curia and chief Vatican diplomat, Cardinal-designate Pietro Parolin has said he hopes to imitate the joy and the simplicity with which Pope Francis has carried out his ministry.
New cardinal from Buenos Aires has pastoral approach similar to pope
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Since being named archbishop of Buenos Aires in March, Cardinal-designate Mario Aurelio Poli has shown similarities in the pastoral approach of his predecessor, Pope Francis.
Holy Family U president Sister Francesca Onley set to retire
Sister Francesca Onley, C.S.F.N., is retiring as president of Holy Family University after 32 years, marking the longest tenure of any university president in Philadelphia. She will step down officially June 30.
Pope names 19 new cardinals, including six from Latin America
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Stressing that their role would be one of service rather than honor, Pope Francis named 19 new cardinals, including six men from his home region of Latin America.
Ongoing global humanitarian crises bring suffering, challenges
Civil-war wracked Syria tops a list of crisis hot spots in the world, including in Africa, that aid workers are watching. All people should be vigilant about emailing and using social media to keep attention on troubled areas, said an expert.
Pro-lifers from archdiocese planning for annual March for Life in capitol
Last year more than a half-million witnessed for the sanctity of life in Washington. At least 66 buses are already booked to depart Jan. 22 from parishes and schools in the Philadelphia region.