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Beef & Beer to Benefit Bill and Sue Wixted

Hosted by the Knights of Columbus, Mary Queen of Angels #12384 located at St Martha's Parish in NE Philadelphia, this event is to help defray the medical costs of a dear brother.

Training planned for women interested in politics

Ready to Run Pennsylvania provides non-partisan political training to encourage women to run for government leadership positions.

Peace in the Womb Christmas Caroling

Join this annual event on Saturday, Dec. 22 in the Chinatown area of Philadelphia, and sing carols about the Christ child before an empty Christmas creche.

Knights of Columbus Larabida Council Christmas Party

The Knights of Columbus Larabida Council 1191 will host their annual Christmas Party on Thursday December 20th at the School Hall.

Surprise! Pope makes several impromptu visits

Pope Francis made surprise visits Dec. 7 and 8 to people receiving medical care far from their homes, to a dozen intellectually challenged young people and to the staff of a major Rome newspaper.

Marking feast day, pope asks Mary’s care of families seeking refuge

The pope concluded his public celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, by making the traditional papal visit to a statue of Mary erected in Rome's historic center to honor Catholic teaching that Mary was conceived without sin.

Religious investors ask energy firms to oppose EPA emission rollback plan

Nearly two dozen Catholic entities have joined other investors in urging major oil and natural gas producing companies to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rollback of standards governing greenhouse gas emissions.

Cathedral choirs present Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 9

The Cathedral Choir, Archdiocesan Adult Choir and Archdiocesan Children's Choir will perform choral works and invite the audience to sing along to Christmas carols Sunday afternoon at the cathedral. 

San Francisco church readies new music for ‘Mass of the Americas’

The San Francisco Archdiocese commissioned a new musical setting for parts of the liturgy, which will be celebrated Dec. 8 for the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Music will be sung in Spanish, Latin, English and the Aztec language Nahuatl.

Woman dumps acid on priest hearing confessions in Managua

Father Mario Guevara, 59, was immediately taken to the hospital Dec. 5 and treated for burns.