After being denied in June, federal funding for the AmeriCorps Education Awards disbursed through the Catholic Volunteer Network has been restored to 75 percent of its 2010 funding.
The event marked the 25th anniversary of the first interreligious gathering in the hometown of St. Francis, called in 1986 by Pope John Paul II.
Recent statistics show Europe having the most international migrants.
The Obama administration and the U.S. bishops continue their rocky ride as the bishops increasingly focus on concerns related to religious liberty.
Cardinal Kurt Koch told an audience at Seton Hall University that Jews can look upon the cross as “the definitive Yom Kippur.”
Nuclear disarmament is a moral imperative that requires bold action from the world’s military powers, a U.S. cardinal and a former secretary of defense said.