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‘Horrendous attack weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal
News reports about the attack, which left at least eight people dead and 11 others injured, "are too preliminary to understand fully what has happened," the cardinal said, "but it grieves me deeply that we must again respond to such acts of terror."
Consistently anti-nuke: Pope continues papal pleas for disarmament
Although deterrence is seen by nations as an excuse for possessing nuclear weapons, the Holy See continues a 70-year-old policy seeking "the total elimination of nuclear weapons," said Pope Francis.
All Catholics asked to offer special prayers on World Day of the Poor
Pope Francis announced the new global day of awareness last week. Catholic clergy and lay faithful in the Philadelphia Archdiocese are invited to remember the day in prayer -- see our prayer resources.
Religious from other countries minister to Turkey’s Latin-rite community
Franciscan Father Dominic Ko is the only Korean priest in Turkey but, as a religious from a foreign country, he is not alone. He is one of the 125 Latin-rite Catholic religious from more than 20 nations.
Christine Flowers ‘lives the dogma,’ wows young adult crowd
The Catholic columnist and lawyer spoke Friday night at a Theology on Tap event using humor to show the importance of living the Catholic faith in public, and the cop out of a selective tolerance.
For Catholics on Halloween, focus on the festivity
The uniquely American holiday is big business -- $9 billion will be spent on it this year. If neighborhood parishes stay open and welcome the fun, the church can “recapture Halloween as a religious event,” said a prominent priest.
Assassin happy for beatification of Indian Clarist nun
An Indian nun stabbed to death in 1995 will be beatified Nov. 4, and one of those who will celebrate is her assassin.
Dominican sister heard vocational call at eucharistic adoration
There is something about the quiet time in prayer that has spoken powerfully to Sister Anna Wray over the years making her understand God a little more and also get a clearer sense of her path in life.
For seminarian, God wrote straight with crooked lines — or headlines
Anthony Federico is one of three seminarians from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, studying at Theological College in Washington. But he's the only one of them to inadvertently create an internet outcry.
Neumann U passes the torch of leadership in grand inaugural
For the first time in 21 years, the Neumann University community gathered this month to inaugurate a president: Chris Domes became the sixth president in a ceremony rich in regalia and medieval symbolism.