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Colorado wildfire destroys homes, land, forces thousands to flee

As of the morning of June 12, it was estimated that 100 homes were destroyed in the blaze, forcing the evacuation of nearly 3,000 people an d the fire had consumed nearly 8,000 acres. (CNS photo/John Wark, Reuters) (June 13, 2013)

St. Frances Cabrini Parish relief efforts continue, include temporary housing

Volunteers make beds in the first grade classroom to be used for temporary shelter for victims of the recent tornado that struck Granbury.

Leaders help young people build a relationship with Jesus Christ at the Youth 2000 Retreat

More than 1,300 young people are seated on the floor of Nolan Catholic High School’s Hartnett Arena, during the opening session of this year's Youth 2000 Retreat.

Catholic college graduates urged to go out and change the world

Graduates applaud as comedian Bill Cosby gives the commencement address to the class of 2013 at Marquette University in Milwaukee May 19. (CNS photo/courtesy Marquette University)

Nolan High School rooted in tradition of devotion to Mary, Mother of All Nations

Nolan Catholic High School Principal Cathy Buckingham, Meghan McCoy, and Kai Nemeth are pictured with students from Nolan Catholic High School who symbolized the many cultures devoted to Mary.

Eucharist nourishes, sustains and should transform people, pope says

People kneel on the street as they take part in a Corpus Christi procession in Gora Kalwaria, Poland, May 30.

Catholic, Greek Orthodox join effort offers resource for parents to help children navigate online

By USCCB

June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON—The Communications Department of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) have launched www.faithandsafety.org, a resource for adults to help children safely navigate online.

Recent Holy Trinity graduate to embark on deep-sea expedition

By North Texas Catholic

June 6, 2013

GRAPEVINE, TX -- Recent Holy Trinity Catholic Schoolgraduate, Catherine Gale, 14, will be among the students and educators from across the United States who will embark on Dr. Robert Ballard’s ship of exploration, the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus as it explores the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea this year.

Addressing U.S., global child malnutrition a top priority for advocates

By Zoey Di Mauro

Catholic News Service

June 14, 2013

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In 2008, the community dedicated to ending hunger globally was rocked when the prestigious medical journal The Lancet published its first series on maternal and childhood nutrition, showing that more than a third of child deaths and 11 percent of the rate of disease worldwide was the result of mothers and children being malnourished.

The Catholic Difference / ‘Pacem in Terris’ at 50

By George Weigel

North Texas Catholic

June 7, 2013

In the course of preparing The End and the Beginning, the second volume of my biography of John Paul II, I was struck by a historical coincidence that isn’t much remarked these days: the opening of the Second Vatican Council in October 1962 coincided almost precisely with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Always in a Hurry

Father Ron Rolheiser

North Texas Catholic

June 3, 2013

Haste is our enemy. It puts us under stress, raises our blood pressure, makes us impatient, renders us more vulnerable to accidents and, most seriously of all, blinds us to the needs of others. Haste is normally not a virtue, irrespective of the goodness of the thing towards which we are hurrying.

At the Vatican, a missionary serves the world's displaced

By Clare Myers

Catholic News Service

June 6, 2013

ROME (CNS) -- Father Frans Thoolen has traveled to Sierra Leone to collect testimony from child soldiers, and to South Africa to help make peace between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party. He once went on a two-week hunger strike in support of Moroccan immigrants seeking legal documentation in the Netherlands.

Pope, Anglican leader meet, pledge to continue search for unity

By Cindy Wooden

Catholic News Service

June 14,, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, pledged to support each other with their prayers and to continue the search for full unity between their communities.