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LGBT Catholics recognized as ‘people in the church’ and God ‘does...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said he wants LGBT Catholics to know that God is a father who "does not disown any of his...
Key elements of Catholic social teaching are work, solidarity and organizing
Pope Francis tells us Catholic social doctrine applies in the concrete situations within which we find ourselves living. In speeches to the World Meeting...
Pope Francis: Dignity lies in productive work and provides a means...
"We do not get dignity from power, or money or culture. We get dignity from work," said Pope Francis in a homily for the...
U.S. bishops announce intention to close Catholic News Service at end...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganization of its communications department, including the closure of...
Sister Thea Bowman, already with a case for canonization, has street...
WASHINGTON -- Officials at The Catholic University of America dedicated and blessed a campus street April 29 named in honor of the late Sister...
The fight for fair housing in California, and how the Industrial...
When COVID-19 came to California, the California organizations of the Industrial Areas Foundation, the nation's largest and longest-standing network of local faith and community-based...
Anna Rowlands: Home is a resonant idea for Christians
In the first piece in this three-part series, drawing from Pope Francis' addresses to the popular movements, we looked at the Catholic social teaching...
Pastoral ministers must get training about dementia, German Bishop Franz-Josef Bode...
DRESDEN, Germany — Dealing with dementia should be an integral part of the training and further education of pastoral ministers, said Bishop Franz-Josef Bode,...
Catholic colonists in St. Mary’s City, southern Maryland notable for radical...
ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. -- While English colonists who arrived in the New World were looking for greater opportunities, many of the Catholic colonists...
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley hails reinstatement of environmental rules for federal...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee welcomed a White House action that will restore regulatory provisions that were...