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Let's get real. Where the rubber meets the road for most of us in our relationship with God is when we are sick or hurt, or the people we love are. Everything else falls away then. If, as Shakespeare postulated in "As You Like It," "all …

Tens of thousands of Muslims heeded calls from their religious leaders to avoid prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque in protest of new Israeli security measures at the Temple Mount. Only “several hundred” worshippers prayed inside the mosque at midday prayers …

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon in 2015 are "not ends in themselves," but a means to bring about "the true good" of the peoples of the world through care for one another and for "our …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' decree to beatify two Colombian martyrs from two troubled eras in the South American country's history underscores his call for courageous witness amid violence and persecution. "What does the church need …

The group of PwC interns pictured at St. Joseph Preparatory High School, Cambridge, one of 11 Catholics schools the benefits from the day of service. Courtesy photo BOSTON -- A total of 360 volunteers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Boston …

Jai Courtney stars in a scene from the movie “The Exception.â€? The Catholic News Service classification is L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating …

Friday, July 21, 2017Culture Nearly every student returns to school in the fall having lost some knowledge and skills gained in the previous school year. However, research has determined that the so-called "summer slide" takes a much larger toll …

MILTON -- Close to 500 Catholic Hispanic young people from throughout the Archdiocese of Boston converged at Fontbonne Academy in Milton on July 8 for a day of prayer, dance, music, worship and adoration -- specifically geared for Hispanic youth. Clad in …

Participants in the July 11 peace walk in Dorchester join hands for an opening prayer delivered by Father John Currie. Pilot photo/Mark Labbe DORCHESTER -- The sun was just starting to set when the flashlights came on and chants of "Light up the …

Photo By Michael AlexanderArchbishop Wilton D. Gregory presents the Book of the Gospels to Bishop Bernard E. "Ned" Shlesinger III during his July 19 episcopal ordination at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff …

Immigration advocates rally in New York City Nov. 22, 2016. The U.S. bishops' migration committee chair in a July 18 statement urged President Donald Trump to "ensure permanent protection" for youth under the Deferred Action for Childhood …

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Natural Cycles recently gained international attention as the first cellphone app to be recognized as a contraceptive by the European Union. The app's algorithm uses readings from a two-decimal basal thermometer to determine days …

JERICHO, West Bank (CNS) -- Ahmed Za'atreh's love affair with photography began last year, when a relative came back from a trip abroad and gave him a camera. The 15-year-old focused his lens on the brown-hued desert mountains and valleys …

Friday, July 21, 2017Faith While a foreign policy to welcome new comers speaks to both our generosity and economic self-interest, it may, indeed, be feeding larger and more devastating chaos just down the road. Kevin and Marilyn Ryan Immigration is one of …

SOUTH END -- Two Cathedral High School graduates of the class of 2017 -- Amberose McDonald of South Boston and Tikia Price of Roxbury -- have been selected as Yawkey Scholars by The Yawkey Foundation. The Yawkey Scholars program, established in 2005, is …

LOWELL -- Steubenville East, held at University of Massachusetts Lowell's Tsongas Center, July 14 to July 16, wasn't exactly what first-timer attendee Maggie Van Dyne was expecting, but she's not disappointed. She said she thought "it …

Friday, July 21, 2017Culture ... because judgments about burden and benefit have an inescapably subjective or personal dimension, we have to ask: "Who decides?" Richard Doerflinger A seriously ill 11-month-old child in Great Britain has garnered …

Teens participating in the UNITAS service program of St. Augustine Parish, Andover. Pilot photo/courtesy St. Augustine Parish ANDOVER -- Forty-nine teens, along with 18 adult participants, from St. Augustine Parish's Youth Ministry spent the first …

Friday, July 21, 2017Faith It was an impressive witness and reminder to us all that we need to be a Church that moves out into the margins of our culture and society. Sister Pat Boyle, CSJ On July 1-4, The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops ( …

Friday, July 21, 2017Faith Scott Hahn The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time God is always teaching His people, we hear in today's First Reading. And what does He want us to know? That He has care for all of us, that though He is a God of justice, even …

Friday, July 21, 2017Culture Walking the streets of the city and talking to many people doesn't make me smarter than anybody else -- but I think it makes me someone who knows what's going on. Raymond Flynn Despite the seemingly unlimited access to …

By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic WACO — Along the country roads near the northern rim of Waco, dairy farms and horse ranches abound on the way to the clustered artists’ workshops that anchor Stanton Studios’ 25-acre property. Distinctive buildings …