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Mission & 40 Hours
St. Anthony Parish in Ambler is hosting a 40 hours event in April.
Church experience more than just a cut-and-run flash mob, pope says
Young men and women can live a true experience of the church by joining together and reconnecting with the past, Pope Francis told Catholic young people.
Northern Ireland political leader Martin McGuinness dies at 66
Martin McGuinness, 66, who went from being a paramilitary leader to laying the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland, died March 21.
Justice Department to appeal decision blocking temporary travel ban
An appeal of the March 16 decision by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland sends the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which is based in Richmond, Virginia.
South Dakota priest named to head Diocese of Cheyenne
Ordained by Archbishop Chaput in 1993, Bishop-designate Steven Biegler will apply his pastoral experience and theology training in Rome to his leadership of the statewide church in Wyoming and its 55,000 Catholics.
Local teacher lauded for work on long-term rebuild in Haiti
The Blessed Sacrament Sisters gave Anne Hoppenot their St. Katharine Drexel Award. While many non-profits aided Haiti after the 2010 earthquake but soon left, hers has stayed and made education its priority.
House bill’s ‘life protections’ said laudable, other aspects ‘troubling’
The inclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" before the measure is passed, said Bishop Frank J. Dewane.
Good Friday collection supports church in the Holy Land
The global Holy Land Collection is taken up in most dioceses around the world on Good Friday, which is April 14 this year.
Vatican releases pope’s schedule for Fatima visit
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Francis will lead the evening recitation of rosary and celebrate Mass on the anniversary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima when he visits Portugal May 12-13.
St. Joseph was a dreamer of quiet strength, pope says at morning Mass
St. Joseph, patron saint of the universal church and Jesus' earthly father, was a "dreamer capable of accepting the task" entrusted to him by God, Pope Francis said.