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Archdiocese kicks off Respect Life Month with relics from four saints
A Sept. 30 gathering at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will focus on St. Padre Pio, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Gianna Beretta Molla and St. Maria Goretti, each of whom witnessed to the call to life in a unique way.
Catholic Tent Revival refreshes believers of all ages
The all-day event at Malvern Retreat House on Oct. 7 will feature worship, music and fun, as well as outdoor eucharistic adoration and Mass celebrated by Philadelphia auxiliary bishop Timothy C. Senior.
Shroud Encounter
Shroud Encounter is a dramatic big-screen experience. Each clue is revealed and examined like a CSI Investigation leading deeper into its maze of mystery and intrigue.
Council of Cardinals expresses ‘full solidarity’ with pope
They also said the Vatican is planning a response to allegations made against him by a former nuncio.
Sisters of Charity listen and rebuild after natural disasters
Sister Luke Boiarski is director of the disaster recovery team for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky, which uses sisters, associates and lay volunteers to aid those in need.
At eucharistic congress, English cardinal prays for pardon for bishops
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster prayed for the forgiveness of bishops who had brought "the face of evil" into the Catholic Church by allowing or carrying out acts of abuse.
Cardinal Wuerl set to open ‘Season of Healing’ in response to abuse
The proposed observance will begin Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and was described by the cardinal as "a first step in the necessary healing process for our church" in a Sept. 6 letter to priests of the archdiocese.
Another legal fight likely looms over child immigration detention
The Trump administration is seeking to set down new rules that would allow government to detain children in immigration detention facilities -- this time accompanied by their undocumented parents -- for longer periods of time than currently allowed.
Despite hearing’s drama, some say Kavanaugh won’t make major changes
A lot of the passion against the federal judge centered on concern that if Kavanaugh gets a seat on the Supreme Court, he could vote to overturn the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Fear leads to silence amid suffering of sick, needy, pope says
Instead of being viewed as "an occasion to manifest care and solidarity," the sick and the suffering are often seen as problem, the pope said Sept. 9 during his Sunday Angelus address.