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Deacon Richard Coyne of Holy Cross Parish dies at 88
The permanent deacon was ordained by Cardinal Krol in 1986 and served at his parish in the city's Mount Airy section as his only assignment before retiring in 2010.
Immigrants seen as making their mark in their new homes
An immigrant-dominated panel Feb. 3 at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington showed immigrants seizing educational and professional opportunities that they would have had little hope of finding in their home countries.
Community land trusts a possible answer for escalating housing costs
Based on a concept developed by Mahatma Gandhi in India, these kinds of land trusts were originally designed to allow black farmers to pool their resources to own the land they farmed rather than work as sharecroppers.
Prominent Catholic doctor: U.K. group conducting sham poll on euthanasia
Dr. Dermot Kearney, CMA president, said the Royal College of Physicians was guilty of "gerrymandering" and of organizing a "sham" survey so it could ditch its traditional opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
To end racism tomorrow, confront the past today, panelist says
The panel was an outgrowth of the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter against racism issued in November, "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love."
Vatican’s China policy not a competition between two sides, says official
The Catholic Church's process of reconciliation and rapprochement in China is not a "competition or who is right, but of brothers and sisters in the faith, who all find themselves in a common house," said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Catholic Charities USA leaders outline immediate, long-term goals
Catholic Charities is in the midst of a five-year strategic plan to more sharply identify areas where it believes it can make a difference, said Brian Corbin, executive vice president of member services.
‘What I do is no different than what you do,’ says award-winning nun
Sister Pimentel was given the Sister Margaret Cafferty Development of Peoples Award by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Feb. 2 in Washington.
True belief leads to respect, peace, pope says at interreligious meeting
Addressing the interreligious Human Fraternity Meeting in Abu Dhabi Feb. 4, Pope Francis said all those who believe in one God also must believe that all people are their brothers and sisters and demonstrate that belief in the way they treat others, especially minorities and the poor.
St. Vincent de Paul to coordinate re-entry programs for former prisoners
As the Society of St. Vincent de Paul continues to evolve into an organization that asks why the people it serves are poor, one unavoidable answer is imprisonment.