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2017-2016 Audited Financial Statements of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

See the statements for the archdiocesan Office for Financial Services and 14 additional Catholic entities.

Pope sends condolences after quake kills hundreds in Iran, Iraq

The U.S. Geological Survey said the Nov. 12 quake was centered 19 miles outside Halabja, Iraq. It was felt as far west as the Mediterranean coast.

Keep lamp of faith alive with oil of charity, pope says

Acts of charity and kindness make a person's faith shine in this world and help ensure that it will shine forever in the afterlife, Pope Francis said.

Couples need help forming, following their consciences, pope says

Marriage and family life are blessings for individuals and for society, but both are filled with difficult choices that Catholic couples must be helped to face prayerfully and in the light of their consciences, Pope Francis said.

Global cooperation needed in response to climate change, pope says

Pope Francis, meeting Nov. 11 with leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, urged international cooperation to protect the environment and the world's oceans.

Time to give back to retired religious for service to church, say honorees

Cardinal McCarrick received the St. Katharine Drexel Award, and Jane Sullivan Roberts was given the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award.

Bishops urge Congress to allocate funds for U.N. climate change agency

Support for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is essential to protecting the "God-given gift" of the environment "for the good of all," wrote Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida.

Immigration, criminal justice system top issues for Advocacy Day on Hill

Advocacy Day is the culmination of the 20th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice Nov. 4-5 in the Washington suburb of Arlington, Virginia.

USCCB unveils new website for National Bible Week

The site, https://catholic.bible, is already up and running. It contains a survey from the American Bible Society on Catholics' use of the Bible.

At home and abroad: Bishops’ conferences show collegiality, solidarity

The role of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other bishops' conferences around the world is "catholic" -- working together to promote the church's mission, but also "to support peacebuilding and human development throughout the world."