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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.
Martyred Romanian bishops symbolize church’s ‘resurrection from darkness’
Seven Romanian Catholic bishops died during a fierce anti-religious campaign waged under the communist regime in Romania.
Pope advances sainthood causes, including Brazil’s ‘Mother Teresa’
The pope recognized the miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, who was a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
Students raise more than $57K for special ed schools
Archdiocesan high school students from across the Philadelphia Archdiocese raised money for the four archdiocesan schools of special education in the Catholic School Students for Catholic Charities initiative.
Chicago archbishop apologizes for Farrakhan visit to Catholic Church
Cardinal Cupich says he was blindsided by Farrakhan's invitation to speak at Chicago's St. Sabina Church May 9 and is condemning his remarks.
Roman Catholic HS grad’s estate bequeaths $480K gift
More than a century after he entered Roman Catholic High School and some 20 years after his death, Louis C. Biggi is helping to fund the school's ongoing expansion.