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Now in its 10th year, senior residence ‘feels like home’
Once a Catholic high school, St. John Neumann Place I now houses 75 older adults who "get along like family." The building, one of five developed by archdiocesan Catholic Housing and Community Services, meets a critical need as the U.S. population rapidly ages.
New head of CLINIC is experienced litigator, expert on immigration law
Anna Marie Gallagher, an experienced litigator and immigration law expert, has been named the news executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., effective Feb. 1.
Josephites mark 125 years of ministry and celebrate a ‘resilient faith’
Inside a luminous cathedral where many of their ancestors historically attended Mass segregated in a rear balcony, hundreds of African-American Catholics from across the country filled every pew of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore Nov. 17.
Bishop: Kenyan priest killed in Cameroon was shot by government soldiers
Although official reports say Mill Hill Father Cosmas Omboto Ondari was caught in the crossfire of government and opposition forces, the local bishop says Father Ondari was killed by government soldiers.
Woman religious in war-torn Syria focuses on rebuilding, healing
As Aleppo finds its way out of the rubble, Sister Annie and three other Sisters of Jesus and Mary are at work, reopening garment factories and helping people find jobs and develop job skills.
Kenya Catholic bishops commit to protect children from abuses
Kenyan bishops committed to safeguard and protect children from abuses and said the violence and evil directed at the minors and vulnerable people were signs of a morally sick society.
Former detective, hostage negotiator now on duty to protect schoolchildren
"I feel like there's more responsibility here than there actually was at the police department, because there's so many kids I feel like I have to keep them safe," said Bradley Fornash.
Catholic groups pledge to make church’s voice heard at climate conference
A network of 17 Catholic development agencies from Europe and North America, joined other Catholic aid organizations in Katowice, Poland, for the 24th U.N. Climate Change Conference, which was expected to propose measures for restricting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Catholics say they find healing of mind, soul in charismatic prayer group
Charisma. The dictionary defines it as "a divinely conferred upon power or talent," and "a force of personality or strength of character that inspires devotion in others."
Vatican official: Prohibit ‘killer robots’ now before they become reality
The development of robotic weapons or "killer robots" will provide "the capacity of altering irreversibly the nature of warfare, becoming more detached from human agency, putting in question the humanity of our societies."