Home-schooled students have own way of marking start of new school year

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although Catholic home-schooled students do not necessarily start the school year with new friends, teachers or schedules, they often have their...

Dinner is about engaging candidates, not endorsing them, cardinal says

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Pope encourages prayers for unborn, support for their parents

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI encouraged prayers for the lives of the unborn and asked Polish Catholics to ensure their love for...

Nellie Gray, 86, dies; was March for Life founder and emcee

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life parade to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, has...

On Assumption, pope says Mary is with God, listening to prayers

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Assumed into heaven, Mary is with God and is ready to listen and respond to cries for help, Pope...

LCWR board comments on meeting with Archbishop Sartain

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Pope prays for disaster victims in Philippines, China, Iran

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI asked Catholics around the world to pray and offer material assistance to flood victims in the...

Judge rules Hawaii laws against same-sex marriage not unconstitutional

HONOLULU (CNS) -- U.S. District Court Judge Alan Kay in an Aug. 8 ruling said Hawaii's laws banning same-sex marriage "are not unconstitutional" and...

Romney’s running mate comes from longtime Wisconsin Catholic family

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Rep. Paul Murray Ryan, whom Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Aug. 11 as his running mate for the White...

Vatican magistrates order trial for papal assistant accused of theft

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