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Soup dinner and no dessert? Valentine’s Day Ash Wednesday-style
Many people looking at their February calendars are doing a double-take with Ash Wednesday falling on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day.
In silence and in secret, Albanian nuns left legacy from communist times
Starting in 1945, Albania was ruled by the harsh and repressive communist regime led by Enver Hoxha. The government persecuted and killed hundreds of clerics and laypeople.
Deacon Manuel Beltran, 55, dies days short of receiving papal honor
Deacon Beltran, who died after a battle with cancer that had gone into remission after his visit to Lourdes, counseled Hispanic couples in the archdiocese along with his wife Becky, who accepted his papal award.
Beloved by priests, lay faithful, Father Charles Gormley dies at 93
The pastor emeritus of Mother of Divine Providence Parish in King Prussia led the parish for 14 years. His funeral Mass will be celebrated there on Friday, Feb. 2 by numerous priest friends who he affected deeply over the years.
Is yoga really a Christian exercise?
"Learn to Discern: Is it Christian or New Age?" is a retreat on the Catholic perspective on the use of yoga as a physical exercise, coming to Malvern Retreat House.
Women Afire retreat
A popular, life-changing retreat for women incorporating preaching, teaching, private prayer, Eucharistic adoration and uplifting music.
Domenica Retreat for Women
Malvern Retreat House will host this yearly retreat for women in March. Directed this year by Sister Mercedes Rojo.
Lenten 2018 40 Days for Life Campaign
Pray, fast, give alms, and educate the Philadelphia community at large about the effects of abortion in our area.
Catholic papers feel squeezed by U.S.-Canada newsprint tariff fight
A 10 percent tariff slapped on imports of Canadian newsprint by the United States is playing havoc with newspaper budgets across the United States, and Catholic newspapers are no exception.
Church must ‘speak and live in truth’ to combat racism, bishop says
The Catholic Church must confront the sin of racism, listen to people who have been oppressed, and seek reconciliation in part by promoting people of color into leadership roles, said Bishop George Murry of Youngstown, Ohio.