Churches, schools promote mental health awareness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and The Catholic Sun is highlighting how Catholic churches and schools are increasing efforts to care for its flock mind, body and soul.
Sri Lankan bombings impact U.S. parish with ties to seminarian there
The fallout from the Easter Sunday bombings in three Sri Lankan cities has reached a Philadelphia parish.
Incoming priests had varied professions before entering seminary
The annual report also looks at parish ministries before seminary, Catholic apostolates, faith of their parents and other factors that helped them remain open to God's potential plan for a religious vocation.
Pope issues new norms on mandatory abuse reporting, bishop accountability
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as...
Cardinal DiNardo welcomes new papal norms on preventing clergy abuse
New papal norms on preventing clergy sexual abuse are "a blessing that will empower the church everywhere to bring predators to justice, no matter what rank they hold in the church," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Thousands venerate incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney during Valley stops on Knights’ national...
Four Diocese of Phoenix stops in two days left the hearts of priests, religious and laity changed.
Women religious find a place of honor on Mother’s Day
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the elderly men and women at the Jeanne Jugan Residence for senior care pray the Rosary with Sr. Constance Veit, they see her as more than one of the caregivers at the facility.
Philadelphia holds ‘Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying’
One woman who was key to inspiring the rally pointed out that its location was just blocks from the former home of James Madison, a primary author of the U.S. Constitution, which enshrines "a self-evident, inalienable right to life,"
Annual communication campaign helps homebound experience love of Christ
Gloria and Ralph Magaña, parishioners at St. Andrew the Apostle in Chandler, are homebound due to infirmity but still feel connected to their church and the Diocese of Phoenix thanks to the weekly broadcast of the Mass from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.
Not ruling on apparitions, pope allows pilgrimages to Medjugorje
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organize official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not recognized as authentic the alleged Marian apparitions there.
