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St. Francis Xavier Parish hosts St. Patrick’s Day event
Come all ye lads and lassies to the parish's annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Dance Saturday night, March 3.
Old St. Joseph’s hosts Lenten choral Vespers service
Old St. Joseph's, the oldest Catholic Church in Philadelphia founded in 1733 by the Jesuits, offers a solemn prayer service Feb. 25 including readings and choral accompaniment by a schola and choir.
Mass for those suffering with addictions offered in April
All are invited to the addictions Mass to be celebrated by Father Tadeusz Gorka, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Royersford, at the church on Saturday, April 21 at 11 a.m.
Book signing set for release of Philadelphia-based novel
The author of "Spirit of Philadelphia: A 100th Anniversary of WWI Story" will sign books at a Barnes & Noble book store in Willow Grove on Saturday, Feb. 24.
Celebrate feast day of St. Katharine Drexel
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host a Saturday evening Mass, preceded by confessions, on March 3 beginning at 4:15 p.m.
Catholic institute: Kids could be harmed if Scotland changes gender law
The Anscombe Centre for Bioethics said proposed reforms to allow people to change gender by "self-declaration" will encourage vulnerable children to make life-changing decisions they may regret.
Couple clears up misconceptions on Natural Family Planning
Helene and John Hallowell of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Secane, counsel soon-to-be-married couples, sharing their practice of NFP. “There is no money in it" for pharmaceutical companies or Planned Parenthood, said John.
African-Americans celebrate faith, family, heritage at San Diego Revival
The revival was organized by San Diego's Diocesan Commission for African American Catholics as part of Black History Month, observed every February.
4.5 million displaced in Congo ‘struggling to survive,’ says aid worker
Political unrest in and around the capital, Kinshasa, is just the latest malady to afflict the Congolese citizens, said Chiara Nava, an adviser to the AVSI Foundation, an aid agency focusing on education and child protection and inspired by Catholic social teaching.
Nun’s recovery recognized as 70th official miraculous healing at Lourdes
Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonnin formally declared "the prodigious, miraculous character" of the healing of Sister Bernadette Moriau who had been partially paralyzed for more than 20 years despite repeated surgeries to relieve pressure on the nerve roots of her lower back.