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Eucharistic adoration catching on with Lansdale Catholic teens
Holy hours have always been part of the annual retreats at Lansdale Catholic High School, but some 40 students also come to the school on weeknights to adore Christ in the Eucharist. They are even putting down their phones.
Victims want more action against Sodalitium abusers, including founder
The Peruvian-based Catholic movement has acknowledged that Figari committed sexual, physical and psychological abuse of teens and young adults in the group, including minors.
Help a neighbor, visit grandparents as part of Lent, pastor suggests
Father Dan Rupp, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Sioux City, Iowa, talks with sixth-graders Feb. 14 at Holy Cross School-Blessed Sacrament center about the upcoming Ash Wednesday observance.
Border bishops call for dignity regardless of ‘migration condition’
Catholic bishops whose dioceses are along the U.S.-Mexico border spoke of the "pain, the fear, and the anguish" they're seeing in immigrants and vowed to follow the example of the pope in building "bridges, rather than the walls of exclusion and exploitation."
Students for Life of America Philadelphia Leadership Summit
Students for Life of America will be hosting an event that will allow students to hear from inspiring pro-life activists that are changing the culture on campuses across the country.
After years in war zone, burnout rises among those who serve Syrians
Helene Tremblay-Boyko said there is a great need for psychosocial support, not only for the people displaced by the Syrian Civil War, but also for the humanitarian workers.
Special Olympians show world that ‘every person is a gift,’ pope says
The athletes of the Special Olympics witness to the world the beauty and value of every human life and the joy that comes from reaching a goal with the encouragement and support of others, Pope Francis said.
God will ask an account for blood spilled in today’s wars, pope says
Humankind will have to answer to God for the bloodshed of the innocent victims of war, and the blood spilled by greed and arms trafficking, Pope Francis said.
For African-Americans, new history museum ‘tells our story’
The new museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution, has drawn about 750,000 visitors in the four months since it opened and is already one of the most popular attractions in Washington.
Rallies held nationwide call on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood
More than 15,000 people attended 229 rallies held in 45 states. Average attendance was around 75, but in some cities, crowds numbered as high as 600, according to a new release issued after the rallies.