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Mexican priest stabbed in his parish
MEXICO CITY -- A Mexico priest has been stabbed to death in his parish, the latest attack on clergy in the heavily Catholic country.
Father...
Retired Pope Benedict celebrates 91st birthday
VATICAN CITY -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI had a "peaceful and familial" 91st birthday April
16, celebrating with his 94-year-old brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who...
Sainthood candidate Father Flanagan inspires new children’s book
OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) -- Each illustration took up to 20 hours, often done in the middle of the night after his family was asleep.
And...
Marriage in the church
Marriage existed long before Christianity, so we might ask ourselves: Did Christianity do anything to transform marriage, to make it distinct from what had...
Does marriage ruin relationships?
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The spring trees made a green arch over the path as we pedaled along, about five months into our dating relationship. We...
Marriage: The love of Christ made visible
"What's love got to do with it?" Tina Turner sang in her famous song by the same name. If her question is about the...
Living Our Faith: Sacrament Series – Matrimony
Christian marriage takes the human dimensions of attraction, emotion, friendship and sacrificial service spoken by the couple in their daily life
together and makes them...
Pope accepts resignation of Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic archbishop
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and has appointed Auxiliary Bishop...
Encyclical draws connections necessary to coherent opposition to abortion
NEW YORK -- Even if one acknowledges that our new cultural moment finally allows "Humanae Vitae" ("Of Human Life") to be heard and discussed...
Salvador’s Blessed Romero canonization probably in Rome in October
WASHINGTON -- During an April 11 homily in Washington, Salvadoran Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas said the canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero will "probably"...