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Supreme Court justices defend divergent death penalty views
The flurry of opinions issued May 13 -- more than 30 pages in all -- reviews the high court's responses to recent death penalty cases that appear contradictory.
New York cardinal celebrates Mass for Sri Lanka victims and families
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan offered a heartfelt homily on Staten Island on Mother's Day in memory of the victims of the Easter terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka that left more than 250 dead and hundreds wounded.
Deacon Joseph Niland of Bensalem dies at 86
The retired permanent deacon was ordained in 1989 and served at the former St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bensalem until his retirement in 2008. He is survived by three children and one granddaughter.
Vienna-based group logs attacks against European Christian churches
Vandals and thieves have damaged at least eight Christian churches in Germany since early April. Churches have also been attacked, apparently at random, in Scotland, England, France, Poland, Spain, Italy and Austria.
Runners take to streets of Wayne, helping Catholic school
It takes a lot to run a 5K community race, but the parishioners of St. Katharine's hosted their ninth annual event through the Radnor neighborhood May 11, raising money for the parish school.
New York religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the United States and, in New York state alone, more than 3,000 inmates are isolated in 6-by-10 cells for over 23 hours a day.
Bucks Co. parish grows through hard times, keeping the faith
When Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish was founded 100 years ago, it covered a wide area that made it hard for people to travel to church in the 1930s and '40s. The parish eventually outgrew two churches.
Militant posts video threat, saying he is in Canada to kill Asia Bibi
The death threat comes a week after Bibi, a Catholic mother of five, was permitted to leave Pakistan for Canada to join her family at a secret address.
Cardinal ‘Fix It’: Almoner’s job is to model direct charity
While the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis, along with its national partners, are responsible for large-scale development, relief and advocacy projects, the almoner's office is focused on person-to-person charity.
Pope’s Marian pilgrimage to shine light on ethnic Hungarians
Pope Francis will visit Romania May 31-June 1 and a major Marian shrine that for Hungarian Catholics in the country remains a symbol of resistance and faith, which has surged since the end of communism in 1989.