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February newsletter: Office for Hispanic Catholics
Read about Catholic events and useful information of interest to Latinos -- in Spanish and English.
Roman Catholic H.S. hosts prayerful, fun week of events
Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia kicked off Catholic Schools Week with a 1:15 p.m. Mass Monday, Jan. 27, followed by a 40 Hours devotion.
For a dead language, Latin is thriving in Northeast Phila.
A distance learning program links St. Cecilia’s eighth graders with freshman and juniors at Archbishop Ryan High School, where they all enjoy studying Latin.
Roe v. Wade y el testimonio Christiano, 41 años después
La Marcha por la vida este mes de enero, como cada mes de enero en las últimas décadas, recuerda a la nación que matar a un niño por nacer nunca es un asunto privado. El aborto es una forma exclusivamente íntima de violencia –pero violencia con amargas consecuencias públicas.
Los regalos que nos dejan los gigantes
Terminamos otra temporada de dar regalos. Esto es fácil cuando compartimos con amigos y familiares, es difícil cuando lo hacemos para responder al llanto de los pobres cerca o lejos. Regalar, responder con empatía, “meterte en el lodo con el pueblo”, como declaró el médico de Nueva York Kevin Cahill mientras describía en una de mis recientes columnas su lucha contra epidemias por todo el mundo, es ciertamente una preciosa cualidad humana.
La Semana Nacional de Migración y el objetivo de la reforma migratoria, 2014
Jan. 19 is the Catholic Church's World Day of Migrants and Refugees. CatholicPhilly.com presents Archbishop Charles Chaput's recent column, "National Migration Week and the goal of immigration reform, 2014," in Spanish.
January newsletter: Office for Hispanic Catholics
Read about Catholic events and useful information of interest to Latino Catholics -- in Spanish and English.
Dallas marks JFK assassination anniversary with prayers and solemnity
DALLAS (CNS) -- Under cloudy skies and blustery winds, thousands of people gathered Nov. 22 at the spot where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago to the day, a tribute to his legacy and a ceremony many local officials also hoped would finally wipe the stain away from Dallas' darkest day.
Author’s ‘what if’ offers fascinating view of JFK’s second term
Author Jeff Greenfield probes what might have been if on that rainy day in Dallas the sun had not come out and the plastic "bubble" on the presidential car had not been removed. If it had stayed on, Greenfield plausibly posits, the shots that hit the president might have been serious, but not fatal.
Washington cathedral, site of Kennedy funeral in ’63, is ‘holy ground’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On Nov. 25, 1963, a television audience of millions of people around the world prayerfully bid farewell to President John F. Kennedy, as his flag-draped coffin was placed before the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, during the funeral Mass for the slain president.