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Student-run business literally ties ideas together
Riley Benner, a sophomore at the Jesuit-run College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., started the tie company when he was a junior at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y., and employed refugee workers from the Rochester area.
Filipino tradition of ‘novena’ of Masses becoming popular in Phila.
The Advent custom of Simbang Gabi, popular in the Philippine Islands and wherever Filipinos have migrated, will be celebrated in the archdiocese with Masses on nine successive nights at various churches before Christmas.
Archbishop: Israelis, Palestinians must agree before Jerusalem changes
The status quo of Jerusalem should remain as is until an agreement about the holy city is reached by Palestinians and Israelis, said Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Tax bill passes amid concerns about future effects on poor
Republican lawmakers joined President Donald Trump in cheering passage of the most significant overhaul of the federal tax system in three decades. But a key member of the U.S. bishops' conference called on the president and Congress to fix "unacceptable problems" in the law.
Archdiocese names new head of Catholic elementary education
By welcoming Andrew McLaughlin to a restructured post, the Philadelphia Archdiocese seeks to renew focus on parish and regional Catholic grade schools. McLaughlin, currently head of special education, begins his new role in February.
Cardinal Law, whose legacy was marred by sex abuse scandal, dies
Cardinal Bernard Law, who had been one of the most respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by priests in his Archdiocese of Boston, died Dec. 20 at age 86.
Popularity of Gregorian chant has flourished in recent years
St. John the Beloved Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia,, is unique in that the ancient sounds of Gregorian chant are deeply woven into its fabric, interlaced in every Mass, every choir and the education of the students in the parish school.
Effort to repeal Johnson Amendment dropped from tax reform bill
A regulation that bars nonprofits and houses of worship from making political endorsements remains on the books after it was dropped from the Republican tax reform bill.
Catholic leaders offer prayers for all affected by train derailment
At least three people were killed and dozens injured after the train derailed Dec. 18 while traveling on the first day of a new route outside Tacoma, careening off a bridge and onto a highway below.
Archbishop brings fellowship, ‘word of Jesus’ to Phila. prisoners
When Archbishop Charles Chaput visited the sprawling Curran-Fromhold prison Dec. 18, assured the inmates they are not forgotten. His message of hope was not lost on his grateful listeners.