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Jewish leader: Polish church should speak out as anti-Semitism rises
Poland's leading Jewish philosopher urged the Catholic Church to condemn a wave of anti-Jewish feeling, sparked by a new law on responsibility for Holocaust crimes.
Bernardine Franciscan Sister dies at age 98
Sister Sebastian Krasowski, a native of Conshohocken, entered the Bernardine order in 1941 and served in five states as an elementary teacher, superior and local minister.
Third federal judge rules on ending DACA; he says Trump acted legally
Judge Roger W. Titus said Trump's executive order to rescind the program "is clear as to its purpose and reasoning," but he also acknowledged Trump's "occasionally disparaging remarks" about immigration.
Phila. native Sister Mary Karis dies at 92
She attended school at St. Anne's in Port Richmond and a vocational school, then taught in six dioceses including the Philadelphia Archdiocese over a ministry of 71 years with the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Knight Riders find calling in serving Jesus on Cleveland’s streets
In addition to hot meals, the crew loads their van with mostly donated pants, shirts, hoodies, underwear, shoes, boots, toilet paper, radio batteries, water, soda and canned goods
Immaculate Heart Sister Mary Ellis dies at age 44
Entering religious life in 1995, Sister Mary taught in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and served in Chile and Peru. Her last assignment was Directress of Novices for the I.H.M. Congregation.
Bensalem native Sister Marie Moser, I.H.M., dies at 91
In her 68 years of religious life, the Immaculate Heart of Mary sister taught in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and in the Dioceses of Allentown, Harrisburg and Arlington.
Sister Beata Jurewicz, longtime health care leader, dies at 89
The Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth had intended to serve as a teacher but instead became a nurse and nursing supervisor, and later the administrator of St. Neumann Nursing Home for 22 years.
Sister M. Clarissa Mroz dies at 90; was teacher, librarian
The Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth earned degrees at Community College of Philadelphia, Holy Family University, Villanova University and St. Charles Seminary, and taught in three states.
Holy Family sister, a teacher, artist and baker, dies at 96
Sister M. Ann Rita Kobierowski, C.S.F.N., was one of five sisters from St. Adalbert's in Port Richmond, all of whom entered the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.