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Youth-themed music festival coming to Paoli this Saturday
Last year's Abbey Faith and Music Fest at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli was a success, and this year's bigger event features music, prayer, food and fun on Sept. 19.
Panel urges synod to focus on financial threats to families
Coming hard on the heels of Pope Francis' trip to the United States will be the Synod of Bishops on the family in October, at which themes raised during the U.S. visit may come to the fore.
Panelists seek genocide declaration over Islamic State atrocities
''We failed with the Armenian genocide in Turkey. We failed in Srebrenica,'' Bosnia-Herzegovina, where 8,000 boys and men were slaughtered by Bosnian Serb nationalists 20 years ago, said former U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, now a distinguished senior fellow at the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative. ''Will we fail again in the Middle East?'' Wolf asked.
Papal parade in Washington will go from Ellipse to National Mall
Pope Francis will travel by popemobile through the heart of Washington Sept. 23 to start his two-day visit in the city after he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House.
Appeals court rules against additional religious groups’ mandate objections
The University of Notre Dame and other Catholic entities in Indiana have lost their attempt to be automatically excluded from federal laws mandating contraceptive coverage in their health care plans. The U.S. 7th Circuit Court has ruled filing for 'accommodation' is not an unnecessary burden.
‘Priesthood is countercultural,’ seminarians told as academic year begins
A New York seminary is blending young men from various backgrounds for the purpose of finding common ground while meeting the challenges they'll face on the journey to ordination.
Three new auxiliary bishops ordained for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, together with Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sartoris of Los Angeles, ordained Bishops Robert E. Barron, Joseph V. Brennan and David G. O'Connell to the episcopacy Sept. 8 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Pope addresses Catholics in L.A., Chicago, Texas on ABC special
Pope Francis gave words of affirmation and encouragement to predominantly Hispanic audiences gathered in Los Angeles, Chicago and a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border who had little clue they had been selected for a “virtual audience” with the pope.
Catholic colleges gear up for U.S. papal visit with special programs, volunteering
The colleges located in the three cities where the pope is visiting -- Washington, New York and Philadelphia -- are particularly pulling out the stops by donating their parking spaces, rescheduling classes and sending groups of students as volunteers to help at papal events.
Nuns on the Bus tour seeks to ‘bridge the divides, transform politics’
At a time when Republican presidential candidates compete with one another in their demands for the federal government to spend less on social programs and to rein in illegal immigration, the sisters will carry a significantly different message on their tour.