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St. John Neumann Shrine sets Forty Hours devotion
The national shrine invites all to the devotion Oct. 14-16, with special services at 7 p.m. for three days.
Panel confronts church abuse crisis, urges laity to lead way forward
You could hear a pin drop, between audible gasps, from panelists and audience members at a Georgetown University "town-hall meeting" on the crisis. All sought to make things right but struggled to find next steps.
La Salle University hosts lecture on Oscar Romero
The Oct. 9 talk by Augustinian Father Arthur Purcaro will survey the life of the Salvadoran archbishop and martyr, who will be canonized on Oct. 14.
RISE program for men aims to encourage ‘authentic masculine spirituality’
As Catholic men's ministry groups continue to gain traction, Catholic entrepreneurs Chris Stefanick and Bill Donaghy have created a program called RISE, an online course exclusively for men, which they hope will be a positive influence in society.
‘Two steps forward, one step back’: Vatican diplomacy with China
When Deng Xiaoping took charge of the Chinese Communist Party in late 1978 and announced his program of reform, it was the beginning of the end of 39 years of isolation for China's Christians.
Catholic schools promote kindness as antidote to bullying, anxiety
In recent years, Catholic Charities school counselors have noticed an unsettling trend of more anxiety and less empathy among their young students.
Judge OKs Minnesota archdiocese’s $210 million abuse settlement
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will emerge from a bankruptcy court following a three-year window on the statute of limitations allowing 442 claims of clergy sexual abuse. Insurance will pay most of the settlement.
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.