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The Knights of Columbus have given a new ultrasound machine to the Aid to Women Center.

God is always by our side, never giving us more than we can handle, Pope Francis said. The countless women and men who stand tall through enormous difficulties, pain and especially persecution, are armed with the divine gift of fortitude that gives them the strength and hope to go on, he said. His talk continued a series on the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

St. Joseph the Worker (SJW) has taken its successful job development program for homeless, low-income and disadvantaged individuals on the road with the Mobile Success Unit, the Valley’s first mobile job-search office. The 25-year-old outreach ministry has outfitted a renovated 39-foot, 2003 Newmar Kountry Star RV with four computers and desk space for clients at satellite locations to use for job searches and resume building, secure interview or job clothing and take advantage of other resources.

The mess of light rail construction still takes over downtown, but a growing presence of college students is also becoming part of the landscape. Benedictine University’s only U.S. campus outside of Illinois wrapped up its first year May 11.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, the keynote speaker at the 10th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, issued a call for immigration reform.

Newly released letters between former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Vincentian Father Joseph Leonard, who died in 1964, are set to be auctioned in Dublin in June. She explained that she did not want to be bitter "or bring up my children in a bitter way" and was "trying to make my peace with God."

For veterans and their families, Memorial Day’s true purpose is clear: it’s a day to honor those who have died serving their country in the armed forces.

Christine Accurso said she made the trip of a lifetime in traveling to Rome for the April 27 canonization of St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II.

Pope Francis told seminarians not to become "orphan priests," who are motherless without Mary; "businessman priests," who are after money; or "prince priests," who are aloof from the people.

Pope Francis signed a decree May 9 recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI, who led the church from 1963 to 1978, and authorized publication of an Oct. 19 beatification date, according to a Vatican statement. The miracle involved the birth of a baby in California in the 1990s.