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Faith, News

After cremation, what should you do with the ashes?

by Catholic News Service November 7, 2016

Cardinal Gerhard Muller said church law has not specified exactly what should be done with “cremains.”

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Hope powers the lives of Christians in Gaza

by Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service November 7, 2016

“It is very encouraging to witness the faith of the community of Christians living in that enclosed space and also in the midst of a huge Muslim community majority,” said Cardinal Nichols.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, is seen at the Vatican in this 2014 file photo. In a program to be aired on ITV, he apologized to unmarried women pressured by the church to hand over their children for adoption. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Faith, News

Cardinal apologizes for church forcing mothers to give up babies

by Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service November 4, 2016

Over three decades 500,000 British women were encouraged to give up their babies for adoption.

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News, Politics & Society

Election could determine fate of religious freedom in health care

by Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service November 4, 2016

There is more on the line on November 8 than just the presidency.

Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander (pictured here in 2009), chairperson of the Health and Human Service Committee, and Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau offered the only votes opposing the measure.

News, Politics & Society

D.C. Council supports assisted suicide bill

by Richard Szczepanowski - Catholic News Service November 4, 2016

Opponents say the bill is flawed because it endangers “high-risk” populations, including the elderly, the uninsured and underinsured, the homeless, low-income individuals and those with intellectual disabilities.

News

Black Catholic history recognized and preserved in university archives

by Catholic News Service November 3, 2016

“November as Black Catholic History Month is a project of the black Catholic clergy, so this is a perfect time to accept the invitation to place our chronicle with the Notre Dame archives on the American Catholic Heritage,” Father Ken Taylor said.