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Ministry helps couples in rocky marriages listen, talk
Retrouvaille, a Christian marriage program founded by Catholics, opens up communications as a way to share emotions in a positive way. Married couples "have nothing to lose by trying one weekend" to help save their union.
Couple’s program for newlyweds helps them build community, tackle issues
Bridget and David Busacker perceived as a shortage of programs for newlyweds in the Catholic Church. It was a problem they felt called to address.
New Jersey dioceses publish list of priests ‘credibly accused’ of abuse
Dioceses in the state of New Jersey made public Feb. 13 the names of priests whom they said had been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse of minors, and one of the names is former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.
Report finds no evidence of racist statements from Covington students
An investigation into the encounter between Catholic high school students, a Native American leader and another protest group in Washington found the students did not issue "offensive or racist statements."
Double hoops rarity: Teammates each score 1,000 points
Notre Dame de Namur seniors Maggie Pina and Mandy McGurk have been playing basketball together since kindergarten. After their stellar careers, they're ready for Division I competition.
Ordained as Christ’s priests, they walked where he walked
One suspects many homilies in the parishes of the Philadelphia Archdiocese will concern the Holy Land, as two dozen priests have arrived home from a nine-day pilgrimage to the land of Jesus' earthly life.
Bishop urges parents commit families to deeper relationship with Christ
Fathers and mothers have the ability and responsibility to lead their families to holiness, wrote Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in an apostolic exhortation.
Allegations of abuse in two Asian nations make some worry more to follow
Recent credible sexual abuse allegations in India and East Timor have underscored the fears of many in the church that clerical sex abuse is rife in South, Southeast and North Asia, which have a collective population of at least 120 million Catholics.
Bishop downplays idea that Amazon synod will criticize Brazil’s policies
One of Brazil's largest national newspapers reported the government's intelligence agency was monitoring the church and its "progressive bishops," concerned that, during the synod, they would criticize President Jair Bolsonaro's policies, especially those related to the environment and the indigenous populations.
Sainthood causes of Blessed Newman, Cardinal Mindszenty advance
Pope Francis has signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, the English cardinal, clearing the way for his canonization.