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The fifth annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children
Father Frank Pavone will lead a service in Philadelphia's historic Laurel Hill Cemetery to honor the graves of unborn children.
Catholics on Guam pray for peace amid threats by North Korea
Archbishop Michael Byrnes asked all priests to promote prayers of peace at all Masses as tensions continue, following threats by North Korea to attack the American territory in the Marianas Islands.
Is addiction sin or sickness? A complex and timely inquiry
In our series “The Opioid Epidemic: A Catholic Perspective,” moral theologians offer guidance not only for people seeking healing in this time of national drug abuse emergency, but also for society and the world.
Law-abiding migrants now at greater deportation risk, experts say
Stories are emerging of migrants deported despite their regular contact with immigration authorities and lack of criminal records. The Trump administration's goal, say experts, "is not to legalize 11 million undocumented persons but to get rid of them."
Blessed Oscar Romero could be declared a saint next year
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia said he hoped the Vatican would complete its review of an alleged miracle attributed to the intercession of the martyred Archbishop Romero, clearing the way for his canonization.
Catholic, Orthodox patriarchs seek help, say Mideast churches in danger
Offering "a prophetic cry," leaders called the displacement of Christians from the Middle East "a genocidal project, a humanitarian catastrophe and a plague of the earth's civilization."
Nazi salute ‘compounds the obscenity’ of racism, Archbishop Chaput says
Last weekend's violence in Charlottesville matters because it's a snapshot of our public unraveling into real hatreds brutally expressed and a collapse of restraint, the archbishop said in a statement.
Venezuelan cardinal rejects U.S. military intervention
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's push for an assembly designed to rewrite the nation's constitution has led to violent demonstrations. President Donald Trump threatened "a possible military option."
Clergy assignment changes announced
Archbishop Charles Chaput approved the following nine appointments for priests and a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Bishops ask for peace after white nationalist rally turns deadly
"Only the light of Christ," said a Virginia bishop and a former Philadelphia priest, "can quench the torches of hatred and violence." Bishop Francis DiLorenzo condemned the violence of a protest that left one person dead and almost two dozen injured.