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Elder abuse includes: financial exploitation, neglect, and physical abuse

KANKAKEE, Ill. (Catholic Explorer) —The years of one’s life after reaching 60 are often referred to as the “golden ... continue reading

Family leads a 'Hello West' journey to raise awareness of adoption programs

Image of Jeanne and Neal Binsfeld guide their daughter, Hannah, 5, as she walks in the family's front yard July 12. Hannah, adopted at 9 months, is blind and has epilepsy. (The Catholic Spirit Photo/Dianne Towalski)

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (The Catholic Spirit) – Jeanne and Neal Binsfeld, parents of eight children — five of them adopted — ... continue reading

Parenting with praise, affirmation and encouragement

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ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (Catholic Online) - In the second of a three-part-series of articles directed toward new parents, Louise Dietzel offers ... continue reading

Why does the church take marriage so seriously?

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(Catholic News Service) - Catholics understand Christian marriage as a lifelong partnership between a baptized man and woman lived in the ... continue reading

‘Online’ baptism brings family, oceans apart, together

Image of GODPARENTS PARTICIPATE IN BAPTISM VIA INTERNET – The godparents of baby Alban Roger Galiot Marie, held by his mother, Astrid Miorcec de Kerdanet, at his baptism ceremony in Devonport, New Zealand, in June, were able to participate in the child's baptism via Internet video conference from London. Pippa Turley, left, baptism proxy, and the child's father, Gael Miorcec de Kerdanet, are also shown with his sons, Aymeric and Gulihem, and Father Chris Brady, who baptized the baby and came up with the idea of the Internet hookup. (CNS/New Zealand Catholic)

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The parents and the baby were in Devonport, a village outside Auckland; the godparents were in London; and the ... continue reading

Catholic priest sings praises of Irish group U2

Image of U2'S BONO PERFORMS – U2's Bono performs to a sell-out crowd of 90,000 at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City in early February. Father Erich Rutten, associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn. And a U2 fan, has come to believe the group was a Christian rock band, without its members calling it one. (CNS/Reuters)

ST. PAUL, Minn. – As a college student in the 1980s, Father Erich Rutten first associated the Irish rock band U2 with "great political ... continue reading

Quinceanos: A Hispanic Catholic family tradition that celebrates a girl’s 15th birthday

Image of QUINCEANOS CELEBRATION: Yesenia Flores poses for photos during the day of her quinceanos celebration, a rich tradition for Hispanic Catholics to celebrate a girl’s 15th birthday. (Eastern Oklahoma Catholic/Marilyn Duck photo)

COLLINSVILLE, Okla. (Eastern Oklahoma Catholic) - Parishioners arriving early for the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass on May 27 would be excused if they ... continue reading

Pope to Catholic parents: Renew your faith to be authentic teachers

Image of POPE BLESSES BABY DURING MASS – Pope Benedict XVI blesses a baby during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29. In remarks made before praying the July 2 Angelus in St. Peter's Square, the pope urged the world's families to be

VATICAN CITY – The key response to today's increasingly secularized communities is for adults to renew and deepen their faith in ... continue reading

Farmer's gifts to family

Image of Joe Nieport poses with some of the more than 50 grandchildren and great-grandchildren in his family of nine children, many of whom gathered for the Easter celebration, who were present for Nieport's 90th birthday celebration in late June. (The Catholic Telegraph photo)

ST. MARYS DEANERY, Ohio (The Catholic Telegraph) - Joe Nieport is certainly willing to be celebrated, but you get a sense that he wonders ... continue reading

Class sacrifices graduation trip to aid Uganda's 'invisible children'

TACOMA, Wash. – Visitation School's eighth-grade graduation trip to Victoria would have been a blast for the 13-member class. Whale ... continue reading

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