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Miraculous Medal Shrine offers new schedule for novenas
The new schedule combines the 6:30 p.m. novena service and 7:30 p.m. Mass to become a 7 p.m. Mass, among other changes. It will remain in effect until a new schedule is announced before Advent.
Archbishop Sample ‘shaken to core,’ calls for lay-run abuse investigation
Archbishop Sample called for renewed care of victims, reinvigorated prayer life among priests and an outside lay-run investigative body. He also said that bishops should be held to the same standards as priests.
Pope says he sees continuity, not rupture in ‘Amoris Laetitia’
Pope Francis said the exhortation "cannot be considered a 'vademecum' (handbook) on different issues. If the exhortation is not read in its entirety and in the order it is written, it will either not be understood or it will be distorted."
Vatican confirms pope will meet abuse survivors in Ireland
Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26, but it will be up to the survivors to decide whether any information about the meeting will be released.
Prayers of ‘reparation’ for sex abuse set for Sept. 14 at Cathedral
The archdiocese is planning a seven-hour vigil before the Blessed Sacrament, “Have Mercy on Us, O Lord" to atone for "our own sins and those of our bishops and priests" and pray for a "restoration of holiness."
Church needs major structural changes to address abuse, group says
Thousands of Catholics across the United States expressed in a letter their disgust with the abuse scandal, called on all the bishops of the U.S. to resign and said they grieve for those "who have left or will leave the Church."
Two priests ruled unsuitable for ministry in Philadelphia Archdiocese
An archdiocesan board of experts deemed Father Andrew McCormick (substantiated child abuse) and Msgr. Gregory Parlante (drug and theft conviction) unfit for ministry.
Restaurant’s culinary program helps former inmates achieve success
Edwins -- short for education wins -- is a venture of Brandon Chrostowski, 38, a no-nonsense, hard-driving entrepreneur who saw a need to help people released from prison.
Indian church joins relief efforts as floods wreak havoc in Kerala
All 41 Catholic dioceses in the southern state have opened schools and other institutions to accommodate flood victims and are cooperating to send food, clothes and other relief materials to affected areas.
Abuse victims say they felt hurt by ordinary Catholics’ lack of compassion
Sexual assault victims say they were hurt not only by individual priests, but by church officials and ordinary Catholics who treated them with intolerance and indifference.