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Sister Marie Perpetua Sneeringer dies at age 94
Born and raised in the Harrisburg diocese, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1942 and ministered throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
Ethiopian cardinal praises his nation’s peace deal with Eritrea
For decades, the two countries have been at loggerheads on issues that include the border. After the two countries signed a U.N.-brokered border agreement in 2000, they failed to implement it.
St. Joseph’s marks the Assumption with annual blessing at the shore
The Collingdale parish will host an Aug. 15 bus trip to Cape May, NJ to ask for Mary's protection over the seas and those whose livelihood depends upon them.
U.S. advocates say Christians in Myanmar’s Kachin state need help
In Kachin state, which is over 90 percent Baptist and about 5 percent Catholic, the military of Myanmar has burned 406 villages and 311 churches and displaced more than 130,000 people in the past seven years.
Guidelines needed for use of deconsecrated churches, cardinal says
The Vatican is helping organize an international conference meant to help dioceses work with their local communities in finding appropriate uses for decommissioned churches.
Bishops sought to share journey with migrants, not join political fray
A delegation of U.S. bishops traveled to the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, to learn more about the detention of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.
From crack to calculus: St. Gabriel’s Hall grad triumphs as a teacher
Quamiir Trice overcame crime and drugs thanks to a Catholic Social Services program. Now a teacher, he inspires students at the school that changed the course of his life.
Planned Nevada execution halted after use of lethal drug disputed
Dozier was given the death penalty in 2007 after being convicted in the 2002 murder of Jeremiah Miller, 22, one of Dozier's drug associates.
Sisters mark anniversary of cornfield chapel symbolizing pipeline protest
The chapel was built right along the proposed path of the pipeline by Lancaster Against Pipelines, a community group dedicated to opposing its construction.
Duterte says he’ll curb tirades, then tells bishops not to criticize him
Outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has drawn flak from Catholics for calling God "stupid" in a speech and for spewing diatribes against Catholic bishops and priests in recent months.