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Community garden sprouts in Bensalem, celebrates first harvest
The Fatima Community Garden marked its opening season with a new gazebo and a bumper crop of support from members and benefactors, who have sown both seeds and prayer into rich soil.
First synod talks look at climate, priests, inculturation, Vatican says
A few presentations also focused on the question of ordaining married "viri probati," or men of proven virtue, as one possible way to help Catholics access the sacraments in very remote locations.
Founder of Project Rachel named recipient of 2020 Evangelium Vitae Medal
UPDATED - The University of Notre Dame's de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture will award its 2020 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal to Vicki Thorn, founder of the post-abortion healing ministry Project Rachel.
Acting DHS head shouted down by protesters at immigration conference
UPDATED - Kevin McAleenan was the keynote speaker but was shouted off the stage by protesters. The daylong conference brought together immigration and civil rights attorneys, policy experts, immigration reporters and activists.
Impeachment? Add it to the list of reasons bills are sidetracked
Advocates for several Catholic organizations interviewed by Catholic News Service said the impeachment inquiry is but one of many factors making movement on bills as slow as molasses in January.
Bishops call on European citizens to wake up, rejoice
Church leaders from 45 European countries met in the run-up to Britain's Oct. 31 projected departure from the European Union and the Nov. 1 inauguration of a new European Union governing commission.
Canonization is chance for campus groups to ‘reclaim’ name
The upcoming canonization of Blessed John Henry Newman begs the question: Do Catholic college students today even know who Cardinal Newman is?
Church, government partner to help more inmates get college education
So-called "Second Chance" Pell Grants, an experimental program to fund college educations for inmates and in which two Catholic institutions have been participating, are getting an expanded boost toward permanence.
Indigenous bring needed diversity of expression to synod, speakers say
People in Western countries need to see the different cultural expressions of faith that exist in other parts of the world, said some participants at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
Don’t fear what is new, Cardinal Hummes says, introducing synod topics
Speaking at the synod's opening session Oct. 7, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes identified key issues for the synod based on consultations held in church jurisdictions in the nine Amazonian countries over the past year and a half.