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Discern how to avoid a post-Christmas present: credit debt
Stick to a budget and strategize your online shopping, says local Catholic business leader Guy Ciarrocchi: “If you turn Christmas into a spending extravaganza, you'll miss out on what we’re really celebrating.”
When families open homes to the disabled, everyone wins
A program of archdiocesan Catholic Social Services enables adults with intellectual disabilities to share their lives with area families, and become beloved members of them.
Late Trappist monk still has impact on people of all faiths, says priest
Fifty years after his death, Father Thomas Merton is still helping to draw others nearer to Christ through his writings and the communities they tend to create.
English cardinal shocked to learn vicar sent two pedophiles to U.S.
Msgr. Daniel Leonard ordered a priest to tip off Father Samuel Penney that he was about to be arrested and to give him cash to flee to the United States. He also provided Father James Robinson with a good character reference so he could transfer to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Ignoring reality of abuse, resisting responsibility must end, says Jesuit
Anyone who still believes the abuse crisis is an "American" or "Western" problem must become properly informed, face reality and realize problems may be hidden and explode in the future, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.
Be voice for the poor, imprisoned, pope tells Catholic television
During a Dec. 13 audience with journalists and collaborators of Telepace, an Italian Catholic television and radio station, the pope encouraged them to "transmit and receive" the "spiritual signs of the Father's merciful love."
Itinerant papal preacher: Capuchin will lead U.S. bishops’ retreat
UPDATED - For more than 38 years, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa has preached to the pope and top officials of the Roman Curia. In early January, he will lead the weeklong retreat of the U.S. bishops.
Pope: Protecting human dignity must be government priority
Meeting with new, non-resident ambassadors to the Vatican Dec. 13, the pope noted the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and said governments must ensure the document continue to "guide the efforts of global diplomacy."
Pope heads to Balkans in May to visit Bulgaria, Macedonia
Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Vatican announced.
Christmas season brings joy, stress for survivors of natural disasters
Catholic Charities licensed mental health counselors from around South Florida spent the first week of December offering therapy and faculty training to hard-hit areas of Northwest Florida following this year's unusually strong storm there.