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Boys’ soccer season opens with Roman’s 9-0 rout of Carroll
In one of the first Catholic League contests of the 12-game season, the Cahillites built a 6-0 first-half lead and never eased up. A perennial powerhouse, Roman Catholic seeks its first league title since 2015.
Bahamian Catholic school administrator describes current desperation
An interim parish administrator and assistant principal of the St. Francis de Sales Parish and School in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, Bahamas, said his school was in ruins and the island is in a desperate state following Hurricane Dorian.
Red hat for Rabat gives greater visibility to minority church in Morocco
Though Cardinal-designate Cristobal Lopez Romero, the 67-year-old archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, was born in Spain, his dual citizenship with Paraguay has meant his friends in that South American country have been celebrating the fact that he will be their nation's first cardinal.
When others would look to retire, IHM sister takes on new mission in Peru
After decades of service in the United States, Sister Marie Bernadette Taraschi will join her fellow sisters in Lima to teach English -- and to witness to the Gospel while deepening her own spirituality through an encounter with the poor.
Vatican archivist, award-winning poet, to be made a cardinal
Like many others who were named cardinals by Pope Francis, Cardinal-designate Jose Tolentino Calaca de Mendonca was caught off guard when he found out about his appointment.
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe independence leader and ruler, dies at 95
Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe to independence from Britain in 1980 and then crushed his opposition during nearly four decades of rule, always liked to be seen as a devout Catholic.
Pope leaves Mozambique urging reconciliation, care for one another
When Jesus told his disciples to love one another and pray for their enemies, he meant it -- even disciples in a nation like Mozambique, where political tensions have led to violence, war and death, Pope Francis said.
Possible healing could advance Mother Delille’s sainthood cause
With her 19-year-old daughter unresponsive in a coma due to an aneurism, Christine McGee prayed for healing through the intercession of Mother Henriette Delille, the 19th century black Catholic religious foundress.
Death toll in Bahamas likely higher than reported, local resident says
The estimated death toll of 23 from Hurricane Dorian is likely to rise if and when members of the Haitian immigrant community are accounted for, said a local attorney. The Haitians' settlements were reportedly washed away.
At the mountaintop: Half-century of change in Phila. Archdiocese
When Archbishop John Krol arrived to lead the Church in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, he could not know he was seeing the peak of population, sacramental life and school enrollment, as historical figures show.