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August 21, 2015

Bishop calls same-sex wedding event 'sad day for Puerto Rican society'

A crowd gathers for a massive same-sex wedding in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 16. Sixty-four of the 73 same-sex couples scheduled to take vows attended the event, the day a severe months-long drought broke with heavy rain throughout the island.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Catholics have been quite outspoken against same-sex marriage, but their voices were not as strong during or after a massive outdoor same-sex wedding ceremony supported by government.

Published in International
June 12, 2015

Pope Francis: ‘Let us modify our relationship with natural resources’

In this March 3, 2008 photo, environmental workers collect sea samples after an oil spill at Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.

VATICAN CITY - People must change their lifestyles and attitudes to help defeat hunger, Pope Francis said June 11, a hint of what may be coming in his much-anticipated environmental encyclical next week.

Published in Vatican
August 7, 2014

God's natural law supersedes any man-made law, says Chaput

Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput (left) those attending day two of the Faith in the Public Square conference that one must always remember that natural law precedes civil law.

TORONTO - Natural law, that which reflects the sense of order God inscribed on humanity upon creation, needs to be recognized by contemporary society as the underpinning of our civil laws. 

Published in Canada