With humor and passion, Pope Francis shared highlights of his personal faith journey and explained some key points of his teaching to an enthusiastic crowd of representatives from Catholic lay movements.
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Needed: ‘A lot of prayers’
Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string of tornadoes that buffeted areas of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City May 19-20 was incalculable.
News briefs – May 23, 2013
– Audit shows number of abuse allegations in Church dropped in 2012
– Embryonic stem-cell advance decried
Gosnell’s conviction shows ‘ugliness of abortion,’ archbishop says
“Gosnell is not an exception. Others just like him run abortion mills throughout our country.”
Researchers’ embryonic stem-cell advance decried as morally troubling
“Creating new human lives in the laboratory solely to destroy them is an abuse denounced even by many who do not share the Catholic Church’s convictions on human life.”
Boston priests praise police but want clergy seen as first responders
“…I think that there was a time when if you had a collar you were just let in to any kind of emergency or difficult situation”
Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder, manslaughter
A Philadelphia jury May 13 found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of murder in the deaths of three babies born alive during abortions and acquitted him of a fourth similar charge. He also was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death by a drug overdose of a patient who had an abortion.
Changing of the guard
A Swiss Guard recruit takes his oath during the swearing-in ceremony for 35 recruits in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 6.
Daniels is hired as spokeswoman for USCCB president
Kim Daniels has been hired by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to serve as the spokeswoman for New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, USCCB president.
School-choice movement gains slow but steady momentum
School-choice initiatives — akin to the quiet students in the back of a classroom — have kept a relatively low profile in recent years while steadily working their way to the front.The movement was given a big boost in late March when the Indiana Supreme Court upheld one of the country’s most comprehensive school-choice programs. The state court backed a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said that because school vouchers primarily benefit families, they could not be viewed as an unconstitutional state support for religion.
Bishops hail repeal of capital punishment in Maryland
One U.S. Catholic bishop hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland as “a courageous step toward a culture of life.”
Retired Pope Benedict set to return to Vatican May 2
Retired Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to move into a remodeled convent at the Vatican May 2, the Vatican spokesman said.
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