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Lay-religious collaboration continues with local Redeemer Sisters
Caring for sick people -- and Christ in them -- was the mission of a now-beatified 19th-century woman whose vision remains with the Sisters of the Redeemer and their lay associates in the Philadelphia area.
North Carolina parishes still coping with Florence waters
North Carolina residents are still coping with the massive amounts of water from the storm and the subsequent flooding of the state's rivers.
AbbeyFest rocks 4,000 kids, families with concert, fun, prayer
The day-long Christian music festival brought thousands to their feet, while Mass and eucharistic adoration brought them to their knees in a moving display of faith and family under the stars at Daylesford Abbey.
Like St. Vincent de Paul, Ladies of Charity members see Christ in poor
Vincentian apostolic reflection is a process that helps Christians see, hear and find God in their encounters with others.
Former Washington Catholic school official arrested on embezzling charges
A former assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Washington was arrested Sept. 26 after federal law enforcement officials charged him with mail fraud in a scheme to embezzle money from the archdiocese.
Chinese Catholics outside mainland divided over Sino-Vatican agreement
Catholics in Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong are divided over the provisional agreement between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.
U.S. urged to end funding of research using tissue from aborted babies
The federal FDA will end its contract with a company whose business, said Cardinal Timothy Dolan, "is to procure aborted baby parts for research." He praised the decision yet urged the Trump administration to cease funding all such research.
With Academy for Life, experts urge greater access to palliative care
A group of physicians and other health care experts are working with the Vatican to promote what they see as a sorely needed form of "advanced medical care" -- palliative care, which is centered on pain relief and emotional, spiritual and social support of patients with chronic, progressive diseases.
Fr. James Blount Presentation & Healing Mass
Join the Miraculous Medal Shrine community on Saturday, October 27, for a presentation and Healing Mass by Father James Blount, SOLT!
Three convents in Congo attacked within two-week span
Three convents in Congo were attacked by armed men in the latest violence targeting the Catholic Church in the central Africa country.