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Pope names Vatican official head of U.S. Anglican ordinariate
After consultation with the governing council of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, Pope Francis named Msgr. Steven J. Lopes to be the first bishop of the ordinariate, which serves former Anglicans living in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
Day’s granddaughter urges Catholics to speak out against war, injustice
Dorothy Day's granddaughter Martha Hennessy looks a little like her grandmother with her pulled-back white hair, and although she is soft spoken, she likely sounds just like her activist grandmother, too, when talking about helping the poor and promoting peace.
Some Hondurans seek church help to fight government changes to land
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has launched a new program, "The Time of the South Has Come," and declared the region -- once considered little more than a rocky, drought-prone outpost -- a new "development pole for Central America."
Pope John Paul II H.S. raises $5,000 for 107 Thanksgiving meals
Students of the Catholic high school in Royersford began Tuesday, Nov. 24 with Mass before delivering full dinners with all the trimmings to 10 Catholic parishes and agencies for families mostly in Montgomery County.
Live Nativity with Scripture and music coming to Neumann U
Neumann University will host its annual "Greccio Live Nativity Celebration" on Sunday, Dec. 6 featuring the sounds of sacred Christmas music, performed by the Holy Family Regional School Children’s Choir.
Opening Mass set to begin Year of Mercy
Archbishop Chaput will open the Jubilee Holy Door and celebrate the solemn opening Mass for the holy year on Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.
Teens make a strong showing at annual pro-life event
Among the crowd of 1,200 veteran pro-lifers were 300 high school students at the 33rd annual Stand Up for Life dinner Nov. 22. It honored individuals making a public witness for life and featured speaker Damon Owens.
Malvern Retreat chief steps down, but not out of Catholic life
A longtime teacher and educational leader, and former seminarian, James Fitzsimmons reflects on retirement from the oldest and largest Catholic retreat center in the country.
Catholic groups, undeterred by Paris attacks, to attend climate summit
"As far as I know, everyone who was planning to go is going. It is such an important issue, at such a critical moment, that we have all been working toward," said Chloe Schwabe, director of the faith-economy-ecology project at the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Vatican orders five to stand trial in ‘VatiLeaks’ case
A Spanish monsignor working in the Vatican's finance office and two journalists who wrote books exposing alleged financial misdeeds, will be tried in a Vatican court with the leaking and publishing documents about Vatican finances.