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Sales exec to take leadership of Archbishop Ryan HS
Michael Barnett, a telecommunications executive and 1990 graduate of Ryan, has been named the new president of the archdiocesan school in Northeast Philadelphia. He is a business leader and former teacher.
Week’s events help all Catholics to encourage vocations
There is something for everyone, from young children through adults, in the Philadelphia Archdiocese to mark National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 5-11. It's part of an effort to build a culture of promoting vocations in the church.
Jesus shows that death is not the last word, pope says
Our hope in Christ "does not disappoint," Pope Francis said at a Nov. 3 memorial Mass honoring cardinals, archbishops and bishops who died this past year.
Puerto Rico still facing ‘unprecedented level of need,’ say U.S. bishops
To date, more than 70 percent of Puerto Rico is without electricity and running water. Other islands, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, are also facing challenges in their recovery.
English Catholic, Anglican leaders: Palestinian homeland needed for justice
They used the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, in which Britain declared its support for a Jewish state, to press for a two-state solution to decades of strife between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.
War brings only death, cruelty, pope says at U.S. military cemetery
"No more, Lord, no more (war)" that shatters dreams and destroys lives, bringing a cold, cruel winter instead of some sought-after spring, Pope Francis said looking out at the people gathered for an outdoor Mass at a U.S. war memorial and cemetery.
Metanoia draws 6,000 Catholic students for ‘conversion’ retreat
Freshman and sophomores from archdiocesan Catholic high school and academies filled an arena at Temple University Oct. 30 for a spiritual retreat featuring talks, fun activities and eucharistic prayer.
Faith leaders push administration to extend protections for immigrants
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, told the U.S. government Oct. 17 that current TPS recipients from El Salvador and Honduras "cannot return to safely to their home country at this time" and urged their TPS status be extended.
After Marawi, terrorists remain threat in Philippines, officials say
The historically peaceful Marawi on Mindanao Island in the South was the site of a sustained siege by Islamic State loyalists, who wanted to claim it as an IS caliphate.
Priest resigns as consultant to U.S. bishops after letter to pope
UPDATED - A Franciscan priest quit the USCCB Committee on Doctrine after his letter told Pope Francis that "a chronic confusion seems to mark your pontificate." The bishops' president said debates expressed as opposition "are not always helpful."