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Vatican conference hopes to ‘hack’ into social issues
The Vatican will host a fast-paced gathering of students, developers and entrepreneurs from around the world that aims to find high-tech solutions for complex global issues.
Pope urges Catholics to dialogue with government leaders to help migrants
Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to do, Pope Francis said.
Pope asks that young people write meditations for Way of Cross
Each year, the pope asks a different person or group of people to write the meditations for the nighttime Holy Week event at Rome's Colosseum.
Pope choses 2019 Synod of Bishops on Amazon theme, appoints council
A synod council usually prepares an outline and list of questions, which bishops' conferences and other interested groups in the church respond to. The responses are then compiled and analyzed before a synod working document is prepared.
U.S. Catholics surveyed on perception of Christian persecution worldwide
Four in 10 U.S. Catholics say that half or more of religiously based attacks around the world are directed at Christians and believe Christian persecution is "extremely severe" in North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan.
Hispanic Catholics seen as the emerging ‘voice, conscience’ of church
Hispanic Catholics are being called "to be the ecclesial voice and conscience of the church in the U.S.," said Hosffman Ospino, a leading expert on the intersection of Catholicism and Latino culture.
Longtime Sister of St. Joseph Veronica Connor dies at 82
The Philadelphia native and parishioner of St. Leo's in Tacony entered religious life in 1952. She went on to serve in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and Washington, and the Dioceses of Allentown, Camden and Trenton.
Longtime teacher Sister Mercita Valentine dies at 86
The Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, originally from St. Laurence Parish in Upper Darby, ministered primarily in education for 67 years.
Canadian priest, former bar owner, helps people overcome addictions
Redemptorist Father Andre Morency has dedicated his life and ministry to offering a Catholic space for the men and women whose lives capsized because of alcohol addiction, drugs or gambling.
IHM Sister Charles Mary Hanlon, 99, was longtime reading specialist
In her 81 years as a Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the native of St. Edmond Parish in Philadelphia was involved for many years with assisting disadvantaged children through the federal Title I Program.