NEW YORK – Jennie Bradley Lichter, an accomplished attorney and ardent pro-life advocate, has been elected as the next president of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, the organization announced on September 12.
Lichter takes over for Jeanne Mancini, who has led the organization since fall 2012.
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SINGAPORE – As Pope Francis departs Singapore, local Catholics were expressing gratitude for his three-day visit and expressing the conviction that for his message of fraternity, tolerance and dialogue to be assimilated, it’s critical to start with the young.
Cindy Soon, a teacher at Saint Joseph’s Convent, a government-aided Catholic secondary [...]
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SINGAPORE – In a line that may once again stir reaction in more traditional Catholic quarters, Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up a three-day visit to Singapore, a country with large pockets of at least five different faiths, that “all religions are a path to God.”
“They are like different languages [...]
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SINGAPORE – In a city-state whose urban core contains more than 100 high-rise structures straining towards the sky, Pope Francis on Thursday declared that while engineering and finance are critical to those symbols of development, at their core they also speak of a “love that builds up.”
Speaking during his Sept. [...]
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NEW YORK – A little less than two months before polls open, North Dakota’s Catholic bishops are urging the faithful to vote no on a state ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana for recreational use, citing how “individuals, families, and communities will be significantly harmed.”
Measure 5 will be on North [...]
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