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Survivors Speak: What Vatican summit must do to stop abuse
Abuse survivors and support groups were very clear about what they want the world's bishops, religious superiors, the pope and the Vatican to do to protect children and end clerical sexual abuse.
Bill that prices carbon pollution would yield a dividend for everyone
A bipartisan bill that would put a price on each ton of carbon pollution and likely broaden efforts to develop forms of renewable energy is getting wide support from Catholic advocates concerned about climate change.
Speaker: Only way forward is to allow Christ ‘to come in, encounter us’
If pastoral leaders want to be "prophetic disciples" who call others into a closer relationship with Christ, they must first experience Christ's presence in their own lives, Sister Miriam James Heidland told more than 1,000 attendees of the Mid-Atlantic Congress.
On abuse issue, Catholics shouldn’t battle each other, archbishop warns
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Northern Ireland has criticized Catholics who use the issue of clerical abuse to score points against people they disagree with.
Masses, concerts, devotions to honor St. Katharine Drexel
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host concerts of sacred music and offer a full schedule of Masses, for the Philadelphia saint whose feast day is March 3. Her new tomb at the cathedral is now an archdiocesan shrine.
Couple’s key to 50 married years is personal bond with Christ
From hosting rosary groups and faith-sharing groups in their home to leading courses on marriage and parenting, Michele and John Doman of Visitation Parish in Norristown focus on a personal relationship with God and growing in fellowship with his followers.
Point out church’s errors with love, pope tells pilgrims
"One must point out the defects in order to correct them, but when one reports the defects, denounces them, one must love the church. Without love, it's the devil at work," the pope said.
Brooklyn’s list covers diocese’s 166 years, has 108 credible abuse claims
The diocese said about two-thirds of the priests accused of sexually abusing a minor are deceased and that the "vast majority" of the cases involved priests who were ordained between 1930 and 1979.
To know God is to know love, pope says at audience
While often compared to the love of parents, the love of God is greater; "there is a God in heaven who loves us like no one on this earth has ever done and can ever do," the pope said Feb. 20 during his weekly general audience.
Court rejects abortion provider’s effort to get bishops’ internal documents
In December 2016, Whole Woman’s Health sued over a Texas law that requires abortion facilities to bury or cremate aborted human remains.