Archive for November 12, 2014

Syrian refugees in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Food, blankets and hope – nuns risk lives to serve Syrian refugees

Near the Lebanon-Syria border, two religious sisters are among the staff members at a refugee service center working to give... Read more

Crowds turned up for a town hall meeting in Los Angeles at which Archbishop Jose Gomez spoke on immigration reform, Jan. 14, 2014. Courtesy of Victor Aleman/vida-nueva.com.?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

A broken system: Calls for immigration reform continue after election

Uncertainties about the future of immigration reform, given Republicans' new-found control of both houses of Congress, do not decrease the... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Agree to disagree: Why young Catholics pose a unique challenge for the Church

While a failure to understand doctrine is present in many segments of the Catholic population, young adults are exhibiting an... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

Education to love: the real issue for the next Synod on the Family

The lack of a proper 'education to love' is the major issue at stake with regard to family – being... Read more

Pope Francis meets with seminarians from the Pontifical Roman universities on May 12, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis – Do you have what it takes to be a good priest?

In his weekly general audience Pope Francis spoke on the qualities needed to be a true minister of God, saying... Read more

Sleeping Baby, by Vera Kratochvil (CC0 1.0). ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

UK pro-lifers throw rare legal punch against sex-selective abortion

Claiming that the government has turned a blind eye to sex-selective abortions, British pro-life activists are launching a rare private... Read more

Msgr. Anthony Figueiredo exhanges a white, papal zucchetto with Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Nov. 7, 2014. Photo courtesy of Caritas in Veritate International.?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Priest swaps clerical hats with a 'sharp, healthy' Benedict XVI

A priest who met and exchanged zucchettos with retired pontiff Benedict XVI last week marveled at the former pope's joy,... Read more

Guido Schaffer, a Brazilian seminarian who drowned while surfing in 2009 and whose cause for beatification has been opened. Photo courtesty of guidoschaffer.com.br.?w=200&h=150

Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel'

The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved the cause of beatification of Guido Schaffer, who was a Brazilian... Read more

Archbishop William Lori at a Nov. 12, 2012 press conference for the USCCB Fall General Assembly. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Religious freedom battle 'daunting,' but bishops urged to persist

The leader of the U.S. bishops’ religious freedom committee encouraged his fellow bishops not to lose heart, but to place... Read more

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone takes part in a press conference at the USCCB's Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 11, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

How one bishop sees marriage as key to 'culture of encounter'

With marriage in crisis in the modern world, the faithful have a duty to work for its restoration, promoting the... Read more