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Pope applauds beatification of Argentine martyrs
The pope said the lives of Blesseds Enrique Angelelli Carletti, Carlos de Dios Murias, Gabriel Longueville and Wenceslao Pedernera are models for those "who work for a society that is more just and based on solidarity."
People can find peace by visiting those who suffer, pope says
People who feel restless or lacking inner peace will discover it when they visit those who are experiencing great difficulty, suffering, illness or persecution, Pope Francis said.
Conscientious objection is part of religious freedom, commission says
Full recognition of religious freedom must include recognition of the right of believers to conscientiously object to participating in activities that violate their religious beliefs and religiously inspired moral values, said the International Theological Commission.
Sri Lanka’s U.N. mission hosts memorial service for victims of attacks
All Sri Lankans "are going through one of the saddest and most devastating periods of our history," Father Nalaka Silva told those gathered at an evening interfaith memorial service April 24 in New York for the victims and all people affected by the Easter terrorist attacks.
Speakers address role of laity as church moves forward from abuse scandal
In introductory remarks during a conference examining the laity's role in helping the church move forward from the clergy abuse crisis, a speaker pointed out that what has happened impacts, and continues to affect, the whole church.
Chaput: Testing of Christianity today not a defeat but a new awakening
For the past three centuries, Western societies have worked hard to "to construct a harmonious moral life through human reason alone, without God," but "it doesn't work," Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput told a New York audience April 27.
Archbishop Chaput: Synagogue attack is an obscenity
The April 29 attack on Congregation Chabad Synagogue near San Diego, which left one dead and three wounded, stems from "the toxic nature of our politics on both the left and the right," said Archbishop Chaput, who calls on all area Catholics to pray for the local and national Jewish community.
Volunteers are the ‘backbone’ of Catholic Social Services’ success
Some of the more than 3,400 people who dedicated almost 92,000 hours last year to archdiocesan social ministries were honored recently for offering help to those who need it in the community.
As seasons wind down, Catholic teams jockey for playoff spots
John Knebels reviews the Catholic League's spring sports landscape as baseball, softball and girls and boys' lacrosse look toward perennial rivalries, the path to league championships and beyond.
Chilean bishops fear new measure would enforce breaking confession seal
The 155-member Chilean House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure April 23 that would add clergy and religious men and women to the list of police, members of the armed forces, teachers and civil servants who are obliged to report all crimes under article 175 of Chile's penal code.