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No one can be excluded from the care, love of the church, cardinal says
While the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions, the church will always welcome and accompany everyone, no matter their situation in life, said the American head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Healer, scholar to lead Women’s Day of Reflection
Valerie Lewis-Mosley, who engages faith and culture through the lens of Black Catholic spirituality, will lead an online spiritual retreat Saturday, March 20 at 9 a.m.
St. Bede Parish, Holland to host 3-day celebration of St. Joseph
Father David Friel is the guest for the Bucks County parish's triduum for the Year of St. Joseph, with evening liturgies and talks in the church March 17-19.
Brazilians ‘need vaccines now,’ says document by bishops, others
Brazil faces its worst peak of the COVID-19 pandemic as people are dying in hospital hallways. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the crisis and the importance of masks and social distancing.
They used to donate, now Lebanon’s ‘new poor’ seeking aid
In the throes of a collapsing economy exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and devastation from the Beirut port blast last August, Lebanon is sinking further into a dire situation.
Work of tackling racism is difficult but must be done, says Bishop Fabre
The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee Against Racism shared with an audience in Louisville six ways to combat racism, and said it is "our task as disciples of Jesus Christ."
A look at some of the provisions in the American Rescue Plan
Among the many aspects in key areas of the $1.9 trillion COVID pandemic relief package signed into law by President Joe Biden March 11, seven stand out.
Jesuits pledge $100 million to benefit descendants of enslaved people
The fund addresses the "shameful history of Jesuit slaveholding" in the U.S. and is intended to make reparations and help the nation move toward racial healing.
St. Catherine Parish’s pantry helps neighbors in Montco, Phila.
The Horsham parish's St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry feeds and supports some 100 families each week in Montgomery County, and aids parishes and Catholic ministries in the city.
One faith, two calendars: Date of Easter still on ecumenical agenda
The leaders of Christian churches worldwide are working to set one date for Easter, 1,700 years after the attempt to do so by the Council of Nicaea in 325.