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Grieving in Advent: St. Paul Parish offers hope to bereaved
Some three dozen people came to the South Philadelphia parish Dec. 3 for a talk by pastoral ministers on how to manage feelings of loss for loved ones during Christmas, and still "to see ourselves as blessed.”
Catholics mark anniversary of child’s death at border
Jakelin Caal Maquin died in December 2018 at the El Paso Children's Hospital in Texas of a bacterial infection and, at the time, she and her father were under detention by border agents.
Supreme Court leaves temporary stop on federal executions in place
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from carrying out the first federal executions in 16 years.
Experts: Global protests reflect ire over inequality, corruption
Although sparked by different events, protests in Chile, Colombia, Haiti, Hong Kong, Lebanon and Iraq reflect a common frustration with economic injustice and corrupt governments.
Venezuelan refugees finding jobs in Brazil, thanks to Catholics
Over the past few years, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled their economically stricken and politically volatile country. Many remain in camps in Brazil and Colombia seeking a better life.
Busy exec rallies area businesses to help homeless, hungry
Linda McDonough, president of the Catholic Charities Appeal's board of directors, says corporate giving sustains local Catholic ministries serving the most vulnerable amid challenging times for the church.
High court won’t rule on law requiring ultrasound before abortion
The Kentucky Ultrasound Informed Consent Act law can take effect immediately, now that the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to the law passed in 2017.
U.S. brother beatified on soccer fields of Guatemalan school he served
Blessed Miller was remembered as a martyr for education, whose commitment to teaching, mentoring and protecting the young Mayan men in his care -- amid the atrocities of Guatemala's civil war -- cost him his life.
The Martyr of Denver?
Father speaks in Phila. of son who laid down his life for friends
Kendrick Castillo died shielding his classmates during a school shooting in May. Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak believes the boy should be beatified, and invited his father and mother to speak here about their son.
Pope’s 2019: Preaching the Gospel globally, dealing with scandals
For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still confronted with the clerical sexual abuse crisis and with Vatican financial scandals.