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Faithful partake in the Catholic sacrament of communion as they participate in the Corpus Christi mass in Caacupe, Paraguay, Sunday, June 7, 2015. Catholics take part in a procession through the streets of a neighborhood near their parish following mass and pray and sing celebrating the tradition and belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Priests needed: As Church growth explodes worldwide, parishes can’t keep up

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

Italian Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, speaks during the VI World Meeting of Families in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. The meeting is organized by the Catholic Church and is being held in Mexico City from Jan. 14 to 18. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Cardinal: Divorced, remarried Catholics need support for conversion, not changes on communion

Catholic News Agency

Vice President Joe Biden, center, pauses alongside his family as they to enter a visitation for his son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Legislative Hall in Dover, Del. Standing with Biden are his son Hunter, from left, granddaughter Natalie, daughter-in-law Hallie, grandson Hunter and wife Jill. Beau Biden died of brain cancer Saturday at age 46. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Mourners pay respects to vice president’s son, Beau Biden

Associated Press

The winning design features arches that mimic the architecture of the Basilica. The chair designed for the Pope features a simple high arch designed to bring focus not on itself, but on "the Vicar of Christ who will preach from it."

Catholic University students design altar for Pope Francis visit

By Nate Madden — THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Barbara Nappa, of Scituate, Mass., left, sits with Jon Rogers during a vigil at the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

11-year protest in Catholic church faces moment of reckoning

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Pope Francis opens the morning session of a two-week synod on family issues held in October 2014 at the Vatican. A conference in 2015 will build on the discussions from the synod. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

German bishops change labor laws to allow divorced and remarried, gay civil unions

By Carl Bunderson - Catholic News Agency

Executive Director Kathleen Taylor speaks at a news conference announcing a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington to make sure public hospitals are following the state's abortion rights law, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Seattle. The ACLU said it is suing one public hospital district Skagit Regional Health and sending warning letters to three others over what it considers violations of the law. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

ACLU sues feds to force Catholic charities to provide abortions for illegal immigrants

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

From left, Karlijn Demasure, Executive Director of Centre for Child Protection, Father Hans Zollner, President of Centre for Child Protection, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley and professor Sheila Baronessa Hollins attend a press conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Pope Francis' point man on clerical sex abuse says the failure of the church to punish bishops who covered up for pedophiles has seriously hurt its credibility and that the church must now lead the way by "humbly making the commitment to accountability, transparency and zero tolerance." Cardinal Sean O'Malley said canon lawyers and theologians were reviewing proposals for the pope on holding bishops accountable that were developed by Francis' commission of experts, which he chairs and includes two abuse survivors. (AP Photo/Isabella Bonotto)

Confirmed priest abuse allegations in single digits for 2014

Catholic News Agency