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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.
Only sin can make one impure, pope says at Angelus
"Sin is what makes us impure," the pope said. "Selfishness, pride," corruption -- "these are the diseases of the heart which must be purified by turning to Jesus like the leper did, 'If you wish, you can make me clean.'"
Objections raised over Notre Dame’s new change on contraceptive coverage
An Indiana bishop said he supports the University of Notre Dame's Feb. 7 decision to stop coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and add natural family planning services to the school's health plan, but he said coverage of artificial birth control by a Catholic institution is unacceptable.