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Moved to aid the hungry, Old St. Joseph’s faithful get to work
Members of the parish in Old City, Philadelphia wrote letters March 24 to Senators Casey and Toomey to urge federal funding for international food relief, a campaign led by Catholic Relief Services.
Cardinal defends Vatican-China agreement amid criticism
Cardinal Pietro Parolin told journalists that the agreement was signed "to advance religious freedom in the sense of finding (some) normalization for the Catholic community" as well as other religious minorities.
Info night set for men discerning ministry as permanent deacons
On Thursday, April 11, men and their wives (if married) are invited to a session at St. Charles Seminary with details about the permanent diaconate -- an ordained ministry in the Catholic Church.
Peruvian authorities investigate death of British brother in Amazon
Peruvian authorities are investigating the death of British De La Salle Brother Paul McAuley, whose burned body was found April 2 in a home he founded for indigenous students in Iquitos, in the northeastern Amazonian region.
Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday with prisoners
The pope will celebrate the Mass and the foot-washing ritual at the Velletri Correctional Facility April 18, the Vatican announced April 3.
South Sudan’s leaders will head to Vatican for meetings, retreat
The retreat "will be a moment of spirituality and, above all, an invitation for politicians as well as all the authorities to realize the responsibility they have" to promote peace.
People should not fear difference, but division, pope says at audience
No one should be afraid that God has allowed there to be different religions in the world, Pope Francis said.
Supreme Court’s recent actions reveal its death penalty divide
In two recent actions, the U.S. Supreme Court revealed its death penalty decisions are hardly cut and dried.
‘Our nation is better’ than to allow infanticide, pro-life chairman says
As Republicans in the U.S. House sought to force a vote on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, pro-life leaders lauded the bill that would offer abortion survivors the same medical care as babies born prematurely.
People of faith seen as key to creating more humane correctional system
Prisons should be places where punishment is the absence of freedom and community, but where "everything else models life on the outside to every degree possible" and prisoners are treated with dignity.