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$20M loan allows U.S. mission society to expand in Africa
The four-year loan from the U.S. international development bank will allow the Pontifical Mission Societies to expand Catholic social-impact investing in sub-Saharan Africa.
Catholic leaders call for end to violence against transgender people
Noting the victims of "fatal violence," a joint statement said it is "critical" that Catholics "prevent any further discrimination or harm" starting with "Catholic leaders underscoring the humanity of our dear neighbors."
At pope’s Good Friday service, cardinal decries divisions in church
As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine how they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
Pope leads Via Crucis with young people in St. Peter’s Square
Pope Francis again this year led the torch-lit Way of the Cross devotion on Good Friday from St. Peter's Square rather than Rome's Colosseum because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Watch the Easter Vigil Mass tonight from cathedral
Archbishop Nelson Perez will be the main celebrant and homilist at the Mass that celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord on Holy Saturday, April 3, at 8 p.m.
Human rights rejected when elderly are cast aside, says U.N. nuncio
Too often the elderly are "thrown aside" and deemed "no longer needed," said the Vatican's observer to the United Nations, who called for cherishing their inherent value.
Police, archdiocesan staff bring ‘hope and love’ to troubled streets
On Good Friday, Nutritional Development Services and the Michael the Archangel Ministry handed out meals in the city's impoverished Kensington section, letting recipients know "they are not forgotten."
Good Friday service set for cathedral this afternoon
Watch the Good Friday Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, April 2, from the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Archbishop Nelson Perez will preside and preach.
At 105, Catholic woman beats COVID-19 with faith and a little gin
Lucia DeClerck of New Jersey survived the 1918 pandemic, two world wars, the loss of three husbands, one son and many of her doctors. Her secret: prayer and nine golden raisins soaked in gin every day.
Texas Senate OKs abortion bills; looks to overturn of Roe
Seven bills restrict access to abortion as early as six weeks, and one measure bans it if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns 1973's Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.