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Bishops say no-fault divorce in U.K. undermines marriage from outset
In the first major overhaul of U.K. divorce law for 50 years, the British government announced April 9 that it would allow couples to split up simply by filing a statement to say the marriage had broken down irretrievably.
Pass bill, end ‘barbaric’ late-term abortions, archbishop urges Congress
Archbishop Joseph Naumann urged passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which a Senate Committee was studying and which he said a "vast majority of Americans" support.
St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington welcomes new archbishop
Seminarians and priests stood on the steps at the seminary's front entrance and applauded as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory arrived for his first visit April 5, one day after Pope Francis had named him as the new archbishop of Washington.
Red embroidery on white handkerchiefs memorializes victims of violence
The embroidered handkerchiefs are memorials, meant to bring attention to those who have suffered and died because of the drug war in the United States and Mexico, those who have died crossing the desert while seeking sanctuary, and those who have disappeared.
Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun
UPDATED - Bishop Franco Mulakkal was arrested Sept. 21 after a 48-year-old member of the Missionaries of Jesus, a diocesan congregation under the prelate, complained that he raped her multiple times between 2014 and 2016 while he was visiting her convent in Kerala.
Our man from Assisi: Road to priesthood brings him to Phila.
Deacon Francesco D'Amico wanted to be a pro soccer player in his native Italy until an injury, and the Neocatchumenal Way, changed his course. Now he prepares for ordination for the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Much to do, and do right, on child sexual abuse, archbishop says
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori said a week into National Child Abuse Protection Month that the desire to protect young people and restore confidence in the church were motivations to strengthen policies to prevent child abuse.
Paraguay pays tribute to 90-year-old Jesuit
It does not matter if it is in a demonstration against the International Monetary Fund or to support a small displaced indigenous community, Spanish Jesuit Francisco de Paula Oliva, 90, will be there.
Vatican issues updated norms for personal ordinariates
The updated "complementary norms" include a provision Pope Francis approved in 2013 explicitly stating that the personal ordinariates are not only for former Anglicans and their families, but also may include persons evangelized and brought into the Catholic Church through the ordinariate's ministry.
Pope scheduled to address South Sudan leaders meeting at Vatican
To help bring lasting peace to a nation scarred by civil war, Pope Francis was scheduled to speak with and bless leaders from South Sudan gathered for a spiritual retreat at the Vatican.