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Good Shepherd sister receives 16th annual Opus Prize for work in Congo
Sister Catherine Mutindi, founder of Bon Pasteur in Congo, has received the 16th annual Opus Prize, which comes with $1 million for her humanitarian work.
New religious liberty index shows Americans OK with level of freedom
More than 2,100 Americans were asked 21 questions across six broad areas, which the Becket Fund described as religious pluralism, religion and policy, religious sharing, religion in society, church and state, and religion in action.
‘I bless you with all my heart,’ pope tells youth in message to NCYC
Here is the text of Pope Francis videotaped message to the 20,000 youths and chaperones attending the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis Nov. 21-23.
Chocolate turns to gold as LC girls win state soccer title in Hershey
It took only one goal and a lot of defense as Lansdale Catholic captured the PIAA Class 2A girls' championship, 1-0. Seven busloads of family and friends from Lansdale joined in the joy, described as "a dream come true.”
From rowdy to reverent: Young Catholics rally for Eucharist, pope’s words
Some 20,000 teenagers from 145 dioceses showed their enthusiasm and faith at the National Catholic Youth Conference, the largest biennial Catholic youth gathering in the U.S., and heard from a former Philadelphian, Bishop Nelson Perez.
Youth say NCYC theme of ‘Blessed, Broken, Given’ has deep meaning for them
At the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, 20,000 teenagers form a joyful, energetic and unifying representation of how much their Catholic faith means to them, of how much they have to offer the church.
Government supporters besiege another Nicaraguan church
Pro-government mobs besieged another Nicaraguan parish, further inflaming tensions between the Catholic Church and President Daniel Ortega, whose Sandinista regime is targeting dissidents and attempting to stamp out dissent.
Long-whispered racism endured by nuns revealed by researcher
Shannen Dee Williams, in her Nov. 16 Black Catholic History Month presentation, exposed the racial prejudice that African American religious sisters faced in their ministries since the 19th century.
Poland’s communist-era primate recalled for sanctity, statesmanship
When plans were announced in October for the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, fresh tributes poured in for the man who steered Poland's Catholic Church through dark years of communist rule.
Be brave enough to dialogue, pope tells Thai religious leaders
No single nation or religious or ethnic group can guarantee itself a future "in isolation from or immune to others," the pope told Thai Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh and Muslim leaders at Chulalongkorn University Nov. 22.