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VATICAN CITY — With the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally permissible regarding end-of-life care, the Vatican's doctrinal office released a 25-page letter offering "a moral and practical clarification" on the care of vulnerable patients.
VATICAN CITY -- It is important to have Christian media that provide quality coverage of the life of the church and that are capable of forming people's consciences, Pope Francis said.
WASHINGTON -- Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat after the Sept. 18 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
WASHINGTON -- The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception inaugurated its jubilee year Sept. 20 during a 100th anniversary Mass to commemorate the centennial of the placing of the shrine's foundation stone, upon which the largest Catholic church in North America was built to honor Mary.
VATICAN CITY -- Saying "thank you" to God is a beautiful prayer, Pope Francis told a group of children and teenagers with autism.
Five seminarians at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., took steps toward the transitional diaconate this month. b>/b>
When Father Donald J. Planty thinks of Holy Family Church in Dale City, “I think of diversity and charity,” said the former pastor, who was homilist at a Mass of Thanksgiving Sept. 20 for the parish’s 50th anniversary.br />br />
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' encyclical on fraternity and social friendship will be released with an Italian title that will not be translated into different languages, reported Vatican News.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, which begins its new term Oct. 5, will be hearing oral arguments by teleconference, just as it did at the end of the last term, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
VATICAN CITY -- As members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem around the world were experiencing their own COVID-19 lockdowns, they contributed some $3.5 million to a special fund to support the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, especially its schools and charitable outreach.
