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Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way
Twelve goats are helping tackle the St. Mary Cemetery's problem with buckthorn, an aggressive, invasive species of shrub that had overtaken the cemetery's riverbank.
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
The summer service program of the Conventual Franciscan order explored the connection that people have to the land.
Myanmar fighting forces people to take shelter at churches, monasteries
About 1,000 people fled their homes and took refuge at religious sites as renewed fighting erupted in Myanmar's Shan state.
Christ’s love gives hope to forgotten ones, cardinal says
In a world where many are often marginalized and discriminated against, the message of Jesus' love must continue to be proclaimed, Cardinal Parolin wrote on behalf of Pope Francis.
‘So many funerals,’ says El Paso priest who comforted grieving kin
Father Fabian Marquez was among several priests in El Paso, Texas, summoned to help out where they could in the hours following the brazen Aug. 3 assault at a Walmart store in the Texas border town that left 22 dead and dozens of others wounded.
Christians in northeast Syria appeal for prayer for safety
Groups representing Christians in northeast Syria are appealing for prayer, fearful that Turkey plans to make good its numerous threats to invade the region with its military forces.
Jury finds Washington priest guilty on four counts of child sexual abuse
Father Urbano Vazquez was found guilty in D.C. Superior Court on three felony counts of second-degree child sexual assault with aggravating circumstances, and on one misdemeanor count of sexual abuse of a child.
Illinois bishop decries ‘crisis of gun violence,’ asks for solutions
According to published statistics, there have been 255 mass shootings -- four or more victims -- in this country already this year. One hundred people a day and 36,500 people a year die from gun violence.
Friends lend a hand to spruce up historic Catholic cemetery
Volunteers gathered for an Aug. 17 tour and clean-up of St. Joachim Cemetery in Philadelphia's Frankford section, the final resting place of more than 2,400 Irish descendants and a Cuban revolutionary.
Deepening Our Wisdom Years: A Spirituality of Aging Workshop for Seniors
We invite you to come together and grow in community with others who are experiencing the process of aging. In a setting of prayer, peace and beauty we will share what is stirring in us, listen to valuable reflections and enter into prayer that will touch our hearts and spirits.