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Archbishop Chaput announces clerical changes
Changes of assignment for four priests in parishes of the Philadelphia Archdiocese were announced this week.
German bishops apologize formally, release sex abuse data
"Sexual abuse is a crime," Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference Sept. 25 in Fulda, Germany. "And whoever is guilty of it must be punished by law."
Fifth annual Operation Bundle Up collecting coats, winter gear
Archdiocesan Catholic Community Services, which supports youth and families in Northeast Philadelphia, aims to make 1,000 people warmer this winter.
Victory at Lepanto with the Order of Malta Philadelphia Chapter
Join the Philadelphia Chapter Order of Malta as they commemorate the 447th anniversary of the victory at Lepanto.
Yard Sale at St. Francis Xavier School
Come join the community at St. Francis Xavier in their indoor yard sale.
Young Adults…in Mary’s Arms at Miraculous Medal Shrine
Please join the Miraculous Medal Shrine and fellow young adults for the First Friday praise and worship night.
On Care For Our Common Home ~ Laudato Si”
Come join us for this day of discussion, study and reflection based on Pope Francis' call to each of us to recognize the urgency of our environmental challenges and to embark on a new path that brings with it hope in our future.
Time to heal, restore unity, evangelize, pope tells Catholics in China
In a special message addressed "to the Catholics of China," Pope Francis said he hoped a recent Sino-Vatican agreement would help "restore full communion among all Chinese Catholics."
On plane, pope discusses sex abuse, corruption of cover-up, China pact
Returning to Rome from a trip to the Baltic nations, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church has grown in its understanding of clerical sexual abuse. He cited the Pennsylvania grand jury report, saying, "when the church began to understand (the crisis), it did all it could."
Band of friars and nuns from Brazil finds ways to feed LA’s homeless
After Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez invited the order to the city, four friars and four sisters have set out for Skid Row every weekend, in hopes that free sandwiches and bottled water will be the first step in lifting the city's homeless population out of poverty and despair.