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Fake news on the agenda at annual Foley Symposium
The May 24 forum at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, which is open to the public, celebrates World Communications Day. The Cardinal Foley Media Award will go to the late Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press."
Support Catholic Charities by enjoying a Phillies game
Catholic Charities Night at Citizens Bank Park is June 25 as the Phillies host the New York Yankees. If 500 tickets are sold, local Catholics will throw out the first pitch and perform the National Anthem.
Ascension Solemn High Mass
The Philadelphia Latin Mass Community will have a mass in Latin for the feast of the Ascension.
Trump signs order to give faith groups stronger voice in government
A White House document posted online after the order was signed said its purpose was to ensure that faith-based and community organizations "have strong advocates" in the White House and the federal government.
Central African cardinal warns against revenge after church attack
A cardinal in the Central African Republic warned against revenge after a priest and at least 24 lay Catholics were killed during a gun and grenade attack on a Mass in the country's capital.
Philippine cardinal urges daily bell tolling to call attention to murders
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said the tolling of the bells will "haunt the perpetrators of violence and killing to remember their victims, never to forget them."
Swiss cardinal skips Mass to avoid priest accused of Nazi sympathies
Father Michael Polster, 30, was one of two seminarians expelled from a Bavarian seminary in 2013 due to alleged Nazi inclinations, racist remarks, and concentration camp jokes.
States file lawsuits to end DACA
Continuing the legal drama against a program that protects some 800,000 young adults brought into the country without legal documentation as minors, seven states have filed a lawsuit attempting once more to end it.
Vatican issues instruction on improving canon law studies
The changes in canon law Pope Francis made to ensure that marriage annulment cases were handled more quickly, more pastorally and with less expense mean that some changes should be made in the way church law is taught.
Romero Trust chair says he sees archbishop’s influence on Pope Francis
Julian Filochowski said he could perceive the influence of the martyred archbishop of San Salvador in the work of Pope Francis, particularly in his care for the poor.