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NCEA convention offered financial and leadership tips with teaching ideas

Over 9,000 Catholic educators from across the country gathered in Chicago for the annual event.

Indiana faith traditions join in prayer in response to Sri Lanka attacks

The "Solidarity Vigil and Interfaith Prayer" event, co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis-based Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the Muslim Alliance of Indiana, drew leaders in the city of the Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish and Muslim communities.

Church across street from Charlotte campus shooting prays for peace

People gathered to pray at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte the day after a student opened fire April 30 in a classroom at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, which killed two people and wounded four others.

Fearful Venezuelan migrants find warm welcome from church in Brazil

The border between Venezuela and Brazil has been closed since Feb. 22, but hundreds of Venezuelan migrants still stream across daily, seeking refuge from a worsening political and economic crisis.

Quebec considering Canada’s strictest law governing religious symbols

The Quebec government is preparing to adopt what would become the most stringent secularism legislation in Canada, which would prohibit wearing religious symbols, such as a cross, a veil or a kippah, for some people "in the performance of their duties."  

Abuse survivors find healing rooted in Catholic faith can aid the church

Teresa Pitt Green and Luis Torres Jr. are working to ensure that the church and its clergy are responding to the needs of abuse survivors with a keen ear, pastoral sensibility, compassion and understanding.

Holy boldness: Profile of women religious rising at Vatican

The Vatican can move at a snail's pace but looking back over the past six years, the profile of women, especially women religious, at Vatican events has risen sharply.

Sri Lankan bombings tear into South Philly parish

For four years seminarian Sheron Fernando served at St. Monica Parish away from his Sri Lanka home, forging a bond of family with parishioners now worried for him.

Journalist tells of look into sex abuse report, what lies ahead for church

Veteran reporter Peter Steinfels told an audience at Villanova April 25 about his analysis of the Pa. grand jury report and what Catholics must understand about the sex abuse crisis.

Australian church to review governance after sex abuse inquiry

The Australian Catholic Church is continuing on its groundbreaking path toward a potential dramatic overhaul with the announcement that a panel of experts will thoroughly review the governance and management structures of Catholic dioceses and parishes.