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Fundraising effort sending youths to pro-life events
Eighty local high school students will be attending the annual March for Life and the conference of Students for Life Jan. 24-25, 2020, and funds are sought to send 200 more teens.
N.J. abuse victim names McCarrick, Newark Archdiocese in lawsuit
UPDATED - A day after a New Jersey victims' rights law went into effect, a 37-year-old man filed a lawsuit against the now-laicized former cardinal. The law lifts the statute of limitation and allows suits on previously time-barred cases.
Teen dedicates Scout project to unborn children, including four siblings
The Tomb of the Unborn Child is a memorial for miscarried and stillborn children located at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Richmond.
Mideast Catholic leaders call for peace, stability in region
Meeting in Cairo November 25-29, the Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East addressed political, economic and social difficulties that many countries are suffering as a result of unrest, violence, extremism and terrorism.
Advent retreat explores ‘Three Comings of Christ’
Theologian and Trinitarian Sister Sara Butler will lead a day-long conference on Dec. 14 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul that includes Mass, confession and eucharistic adoration.
British bishops urge voters to question candidates on life issues
Britain's bishops have made the right to life a priority for Catholics ahead of a general election in which two major political parties have promised to liberalize abortion laws.
Trajectory of hateful rhetoric led to Holocaust, say speakers
Hate speech must be stopped "in its tracks," Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said in remarks during an interfaith dialogue at Loyola Academy in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette.
Christmas cards provide hope for the hungry
With handcrafted artwork and heartfelt greetings, archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services affirms the reason for the season, while raising funds for the agency's food cupboards.
Evangelizers are like angels, bringing good news to the world, pope says
The pope spoke to bishops, religious and laypeople taking part in an international meeting at the Vatican Nov. 28-30. The meeting discussed the pope's apostolic exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium" ("The Joy of the Gospel").
Catholic-Orthodox efforts at unity must be local, too, pope says
In a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis called for shared spiritual and charitable projects on the diocesan and parish level "wherever Catholics and Orthodox live side by side."