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A priest blesses a couple during their June 1 wedding at a Catholic church in Middleburg, Va. Fifty years ago in issuing his encyclical "Humanae Vitae," Blessed Paul VI "reaffirmed the beautiful truth that a husband and wife are called to give themselves completely to each other," the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said July 25. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

On 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, reasons for hope

Posted by - July 28, 2018
By Michelle La Rosa (CNA) Fifty years after Pope Paul VI issued Humanae Vitae, the landmark encyclical reaffirming Church teaching against contraception, many Catholics still don’t really understand the document and…
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Pope Francis leads an ordinary public consistory for the conclusion of sainthood causes at the Vatican July 19. The pope announced he would canonize seven news saints Oct. 14. Among those to be canonized are Blessed Paul VI, Blessed Oscar Romero and Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio, an Italian teenager. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope adds teen to list of saints to be declared during synod on youth

Posted by - July 28, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis added an Italian teenager to the list of people he will formally recognize as saints Oct. 14 during the monthlong meeting of the world…
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Students at Cristo Rey New York High School listen attentively and take notes during an April 27 science class. There will be 35 Cristo Rey Catholic schools functioning nationwide at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, institutions that use a corporate work-study program where students are required to work in the community one day a week earning job experience and a wage that helps pay for their tuition. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Keeping Catholic school tuition affordable requires creativity

Posted by - July 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Making Catholic education accessible to everyone has been a mission of the church in the U.S. for centuries, but keeping it affordable in modern times has required…
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Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., speaks July 23 during the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans. The cardinal said that permanent deacons are absolutely crucial to the church's life. (CNS photo/Christine Bordelon, Clarion Herald)

Cardinal says deacons’ life of action, charity, service models Jesus’ life

Posted by - July 28, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — While the ministry of the deacon has changed in the Catholic Church’s history, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said deacons today are a…
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Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks July 22 at the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans. Archbishop Pierre praised the work of the 18,500 permanent deacons in the U.S. He urged them to continue their work of evangelization and reaching out to those on the margins of society. (CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald)

Evangelizing, caring for others at core of deacons’ vocation, nuncio says

Posted by - July 28, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — The core vocational work of permanent deacons is to evangelize and care for others, not to perform office duties, the apostolic nuncio to the United States…
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Sister Patricia Fox, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in the Philippines, is seen during a protest against the killings of priests in Manila, Philippines, June 18. (CNS photo/Mark R. Cristino, EPA)

Australian nun wins another reprieve from deportation in Philippines

Posted by - July 28, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — An Australian missionary nun ordered deported in mid-July by Philippine authorities is not leaving the country just yet. Sister Patricia Fox, Philippine superior of the Sisters…
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, celebrates Mass in 2016 at the Manila cathedral. Addressing 8.000 participants July 22 during the last day of the Fifth Philippine Conference on New Evangelization, Cardinal Tagle spoke of innocent people dying in the Philippines. (CNS photo/Mark R. Cristino, EPA)

Cardinal Tagle laments deaths of innocent people in Philippines

Posted by - July 28, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — A teary-eyed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila lamented the deaths of innocent people killed since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Addressing 8,000 participants July…
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The Twitter application is seen on a phone screen in 2017. For some bishops and their dioceses, using Twitter has become an effective way of reaching the faithful. (CNS photo/Thomas White, Reuters)

On Twitter and other social media, church ‘called to be salt and light’

Posted by - July 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has said that shepherds “should have the smell of the sheep.” For some bishops and their dioceses, that means going on Twitter. “Bishop (David A.)…
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