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Webb telescope images feed the mind and spirit, Jesuit astronomer says
The years of work to build the most advanced telescope, said the director of the Vatican Observatory, "is a tribute to the power of the human spirit, what we can do when we work together," and appreciation for what "God has given us humans, his creation."
Summer meals program fills hunger for kindness
Nutritional Development Services is serving thousands of area kids food for both body and heart, and "changing the flavor of the world" in the process.
Archdiocese restructures bishops’ parish responsibilities
Four episcopal regions of the 214 parishes of the Philadelphia Archdiocese have been reorganized into three regions, each led by one of three auxiliary bishops. Archbishop Perez announced the plan July 14, which went into effect July 1.
At Carpenter Cup, Catholic softball team competes with area’s best
Representatives of the balanced, competitive Catholic League held their own against the Philadelphia region's best softball players in the annual summer tournament sponsored by the Phillies.
Faith guides college president on mission for students, Ukraine and the world
Dr. Jonathan Peri, the first lay leader of Manor College, is working to make his school "a voice for contemporary Catholicism and Christian goodness," especially amid Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Sister Joan Ann Koliss dies at 80
Sister Joan Ann Koliss, OSF, 80, died in Roxborough Memorial Hospital on July 12, 2022. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 59 years.
Archbishop embarks on long path to end threat of nuclear war
With a new document that challenges conventional thinking about nuclear arms as deterrents, Archbishop John Wester of New Mexico thinks it's time for serious conversations about how to achieve nuclear disarmament.
Catholic journalists urged to face distrust of media, church head-on
A Notre Dame theologian suggested nuanced, not simply reactive, reporting as well as the big-picture context to stories, for readers and viewers increasingly apathetic toward both the Catholic Church and news media.
Humanity has ‘moral obligation’ to fight climate change, pope says
The worsening climate crisis can no longer be ignored, and it is up to all people, as "stewards of (God's) gift of his creation," to act, the pope said in a message at a Vatican conference on climate change.
Pope names three women to office that helps him choose bishops
Ten days after saying he would name women to the group that helps him select bishops worldwide, Pope Francis has done so. He appointed 14 new members of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops.