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Madagascar archbishops confirm no contraceptives in CRS programs
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two Madagascar archbishops confirmed in talks with leading U.S. church leaders that Catholic Relief Services is not providing or facilitating access to contraceptives and abortifacients in its health care programs in their archdioceses.
Appeals court dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit against Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At the request of a man allegedly abused by a priest in 1965, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed his case claiming the Vatican was the priest's employer and could be liable for damages.
Archaeologists restore 2,000-bed Crusader-era hospital in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Israeli archaeologists have restored part of a 2,000-bed Crusader-era hospital run by the St. John of the Hospital order in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Missionary activity is service to hurting world, pope says in message
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a world that often seems dark and full of suffering and violence, Christians can offer hope by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis wrote in a message for World Mission Sunday 2013.
At home and abroad, popemobile fills with gifts for pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When he's riding in the popemobile -- at the Vatican or, for example, in Rio de Janeiro -- Pope Francis uses his hands not just to bless people and hold the babies he's kissing. He uses them to catch things.
Pope restricts use of old Mass by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' order restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate addresses problems within the religious order and does not contradict retired Pope Benedict XVI's permission for wider use of the old Mass throughout the church, the Vatican spokesman said.
Bishop apologizes for sexual abuse of students at two Scottish schools
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, has apologized for the abuse of children at two Catholic schools in Scotland over a 30-year period.
Senate confirms Hackett, retired CRS leader, as ambassador to Vatican
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Ken Hackett, retired president of Catholic Relief Services, received Senate confirmation Aug. 1 as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
West Chester parish hosting Alpha Course this fall
SS. Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester is hosting the Alpha Course, an adult education program, on Thursday evenings this fall at the Meehan Center, 8 Cavanaugh Court, located on the lower level of the church just off Rt. 352 and West Chester Pike. Find the answers to questions such as: Do you feel […]
Speaking of divorce, pope refers to practice of Orthodox churches
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis spoke to journalists about the need for a stronger Catholic pastoral approach to marriage and to divorced people, he made a parenthetical reference to how the Orthodox churches handle the breakup of marriages differently. "The Orthodox have a different practice," he told reporters July 28. The Orthodox "follow the theology of 'oikonomia' (economy or stewardship), as they call it, and give a second possibility; they permit" a second marriage.