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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Congress can promote the common good and contribute to a more just society by ensuring the federal minimum wage promotes family formation and stability, said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski and Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president of Catholic...
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OXNARD, Calif. (CNS) — It is uncertain that a California pro-life group’s ongoing series of undercover videos that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing the illegal marketing and sale of fetal tissue will lead to defunding for the nation’s leading provider of...
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JAMESTOWN, Va. (CNS) — The identities of four men discovered almost two years ago at the site of Jamestown’s historic 1608 church have been identified and one of the men had been buried with a silver box that is “likely a Catholic reliquary.” The...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
By Renée K. Gadoua, Contributing writer As news spread that Jerome “Jerry” Berrigan had died, admirers in Central New York and across the country shared stories of the Syracuse teacher and activist. Friends near and far took to telephones and online forums,...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said that Planned Parenthood officials’ videotaped descriptions of how fetal tissue and organs are procured for researchers during abortions illustrates what Pope Francis calls today’s “throwaway culture.” The...
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NEW YORK (CNS) — In an op-ed piece published July 29 in the New York Daily News, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York took issue with the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump without explicitly naming him. He recalled teaching...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and other officials Aug. 5 described road closures, traffic restrictions and other transportation details for Pope Francis’ September visit to the city. The pope will be in Philadelphia the weekend of...
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Here’s a look at some of the stories making headlines today: • Catholic peace activist Jerry Berrigan was remembered and celebrated at his funeral Mass in Syracuse. • Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., archbishop of Boston and chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) —The top leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting have made an uneasy peace with the Boy Scouts of America’s decision July 27 to allow openly gay troop leaders and employees to serve in their ranks at the national level. The Boy...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
WASHINGTON (CNS) — House members voted July 28 to limit the number of people allowed in the House Chamber Sept. 24 when Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress. The vote, which was part of a procedural measure, excludes former members of Congress and former...
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Jerry Berrigan, longtime Catholic advocate for peace, has died at age 95. He was a former English professor at Onondaga Community College and was active in local Catholic Worker activities, including Unity Acres and Jail Ministry. He was arrested numerous times for...
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More than 300 people gathered today at St. Lucy’s Church to bid farewell to Jerome “Jerry” Berrigan, a high-profile Catholic peace activist. “He was first and foremost a peacemaker who lived peacefully, with a hunger for peace and...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — In reauthorizing the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the House and Senate have made “significant improvements for providing equitable services for students and teachers in religious, private and independent schools,” said a...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
Here’s a look at some of the stories making headlines today: • A federal judge ruled July 24 that the government’s immigrant family detention system violates a settlement agreement dating to 1997 over how juveniles in the custody of the immigration agency...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals July 23 reversed a lower court ruling that had granted some pro-life pharmacists at a Ralph’s grocery store pharmacy in Washington state the right on religious grounds to refuse...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Seven presidential candidates have responded to a call from anti-poverty advocates by submitting brief videos outlining their plans to address poverty. The videos, delivered to an umbrella organization known as the Circle of Protection that includes...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was the first pilgrim to sign up for World Youth Day to be held in Krakow, Poland, launching the opening of registration. Accompanied by two Polish teenagers who wore World Youth Day 2016 T-shirts, the pope had to make a couple of...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Is the honeymoon with Pope Francis over for Americans? A new Gallup poll shows that the favorability rating for the pontiff among U.S. respondents is now about 59 percent, down from 76 percent in early 2014 and close to the 58 percent rating...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Returning to the Vatican in the midst of a heat wave after an eight-day, three-country trip to South America, Pope Francis took the kind of vacation he said he prefers: what has become known as a “staycation.” With the exception...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — A federal judge ruled July 24 that the government’s immigrant family detention system violates a settlement agreement dating to 1997 over how juveniles in the custody of the immigration agency are treated. Advocates for the thousands of...
