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Blessing of the Christmas creche in center city Phila.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Knights of Columbus sponsor this annual public event, the main reason for the Christmas season, on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Old St. Joseph church hosts ‘Lessons and Carols’ event
The free event on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17, will alternate nine Scripture readings with various Advent and Christmas carols, tracing God's promise of salvation from Old Testament prophecies to the Incarnation of Christ.
Caregivers’ retreat day offered Jan. 18
The retreat will be a time of respite for caregivers to refresh body and spirit, learn ways of balance and self-care, and draw on the support of others who share this privileged call to care for the sick or elderly.
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ coming to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Two performances of the sacred oratorio, supported by a full orchestra and middle school chorus, will be held Saturday, Dec. 16 at the church in Doylestown. Everyone is encouraged to download the score and sing along.
Among new clergy assignments, one priest heading to Rome
An archdiocesan pastor and senior official will begin service at the Holy See next year, Archbishop Chaput announced, along with several other changes of assignment in the archdiocese.
Fewer Americans see Christmas as religious holiday, study says
The percentage of Americans who keep Christmas continues to erode -- in a Pew Research Center survey, 55 percent of respondents said they mark Christmas as a religious holiday, down from 59 percent in 2013.
In Albania, Franciscans work to heal past wounds through remembrance
Although empty for almost 30 years, the walls of the Spac prison in Albania still show evidence of the horrors that took place there.
Seminary opens its doors, welcomes hundreds for sacred music
The 30th annual Christmas concert at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, featuring sacred choral and instrumental music, capped a day in which Catholics came to tour the grand buildings in Wynnewood and meet the seminarians.
Pope: Guadalupe feast shows Mary’s closeness to those on margins
Like St. Juan Diego, who felt of no importance at being chosen by Mary because of his indigenous heritage, marginalized people in today's world are often made to feel worthless by conditions imposed upon them, the pope said.
Catholics urged to lay all fears, hopes ‘at feet’ of Virgin of Guadalupe
The words Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke to St. Juan Diego when she appeared to him in 1531 on Tepeyac Hill are the words "she speaks to us," said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.