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With faith as connecting force, Hispanics get ready to enrich U.S. church
Unity in Christ and respect for everyone's gifts, cultures and traditions lead Catholics to share the faith as a stronger community.
With confirmation before surgery, woman feels love of faith community
It felt like a small miracle when Father Stefan P. Starzynski came to Kelly Heaton's bedside and anointed her two hours before her brain surgery. And it seemed unbelievable when her family learned one of her brain abscesses had disappeared.
The Culture Project Banquet Fundraiser
Join us for an inspiring night to support the mission of The Culture Project - an initiative of young people set out to restore culture through the experience of virtue.
Nightly Rosary in Olde City with Philadelphia Catholic Mamas
Please join the Philadelphia Catholic Mamas in praying the rosary at the historic Olde St. Mary's Cathedral.
Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says speaker
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment, according to Good Shepherd Sister Winifred Doherty, who is her religious congregation's representative to the United Nations.
Cooperation, dialogue needed for interreligious harmony, pope says
Before attending his weekly general audience, Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Dharmic religions -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism -- who were in Rome attending an interreligious conference.
Indonesian religious leaders, former first lady form anti-terrorism group
As another deadly attack by Islamic radicals rocked Indonesia May 16, dozens of religious leaders, backed by former first lady Sinta Nuriyah Wahid, launched a new anti-terrorism group.
Pope expresses concern about ‘spiral of violence’ in Holy Land
Warning that violence will never bring peace, Pope Francis urged all sides to do all they can to foster dialogue in the Middle East.
Resignation letter prepared by Blessed Paul VI published
Blessed Paul's letter was long rumored to exist, and in 2017 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the vice dean of the College of Cardinals, confirmed that the pope had written such a letter.
Vatican updates pope’s schedule for visit to Geneva
The new schedule added a brief meeting with bishops and papal diplomats in Switzerland as well as provided times for some events that had not been specified in the original schedule released May 7.