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‘The Great Beyond’: Concert of sacred music coming Aug. 6
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia will host a concert featuring leaders in American choral music in a program that examines the human experience from sacred and secular perspectives.
Daylesford Abbey Art Show
Daylesford Abbey invites you to attend our 46th annual art show in October.
New Philadelphia women’s center offers ‘authentic Catholic health care’
The National Gianna Center, a pro-life women's clinic, recently opened a local office in Northeast Philadelphia. The center provides gynecological and reproductive care consistent with church teaching.
Phila. law firm makes donation to help city’s homeless men
St. John's Hospice received a donation of travel mugs for the men it serves from the law firm Spector Gadon & Rosen, thanks to a Catholic parishioner and lawyer with the firm.
Worry over immigration on minds of Hispanic charismatic Catholics
Attendance at the congress in Nebraska was up this year even as people feared federal agents would arrest immigrants without documents. The local bishop assured them "the church always has room for you."
1,300 deacons and wives praised for their work of caring for others
The permanent diaconate is flourishing in the U.S., but the apostolic nuncio to the U.S. said at a national congress that the role of permanent deacons is to evangelize and care for others, not to perform office duties.
Cardinal Farrell expresses shock over Cardinal McCarrick abuse case
The head of the Vatican office for laity and family said he "never heard any of this before in the six years" that he served as a bishop under the retired Washington archbishop, who is accused of sexual harassment.
Once-shy camper grows into teen role model, thanks to Catholic camp
As a boy who was too shy to talk, Nabil Alattia now works with kids at the Catholic Social Services summer camp he once attended, applying the life skills he learned through a CSS neighborhood center.
U.S. church officials favor balance of priests, laity in marriage prep
Despite an American cardinal's assertion that priests "have no credibility" to train couples for marriage, U.S. pastoral leaders stressed parenting skills are needed even more than marriage prep.
Cardinal Tagle tearily laments killing of innocents in Philippines
More than 23,000 killings, linked to the government's crackdown on drugs, have been reported in the past two years since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. Church leaders are condemning his record.