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AbbeyFest returns to Paoli for prayerful, rocking good time
The day-long Christian music festival with a prayerful Catholic flavor returns for the fourth year at Daylesford Abbey on Saturday, Sept. 16. See the lineup of performers and other highlights.
Faith inspired ‘Mattress Mack’s’ Harvey relief efforts
In Harvey's chaotic aftermath, Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale said his Catholic faith and duty as a person of goodwill inspired him to open his three large Gallery Furniture stores as evacuation shelters, housing flood victims from across the city.
Gamble at the end makes double OT win an early ‘game of the year’
The Catholic League's division football schedule doesn't start for two weeks, but Archbishop Carroll topped Conwell-Egan, 38-37, in a thriller with a two-point conversion for the win. See CatholicPhilly.com's roundup of early season action.
Federal appeals court rules grandparents not part of Trump’s travel ban
The Justice Department said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court's ruling that rejected the Trump administration's limits on who can be allowed into the United States under the administration's travel ban.
Media guide: Interview with pope reveals his communication philosophy
When Pope Francis sat down with an expert in media and communication for a yearlong series of interviews, those discussions offered some fascinating insight into the pope's philosophy of communication and suggested guidelines for the media.
Convalidation brings couples into the full life of the church
The ceremony takes place when couples who have been civilly married "want to make their wedding proper with the church or get a blessing," said Father Ramon Baez, one of two parochial vicars at the parish who performed the ceremony.
Pray for men entering formation as permanent deacons
Eight men will be received into the Rite of Candidacy on Saturday, Sept. 9 at St. Charles Seminary as they begin their first year of the six-year formation process as permanent deacons.
Grays Ferry priest brings power of the sacraments to heal the addicted
As the Philadelphia area grapples with the current drug crisis, Father Douglas McKay offers his Our House Ministries as a way to bring the healing grace of Christ to addicted people, as he's been doing for 40 years. See the latest in a CatholicPhilly.com series examining Catholic perspectives on the opioid epidemic.
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake strikes off Pacific coast of Mexico, Guatemala
The Sept. 7 quake occurred shortly before midnight and prompted warnings from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of "tsunami waves reaching more than three meters (9.8 feet)" along the Mexican coast as well as lower-level waves in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica.
Pope urges bishops to contribute to peace as pastors, not politicians
"All of us know that peace calls for a distinct kind of moral courage," the pope told the bishops Sept. 7. "War follows the basest instincts of our heart, whereas peace forces us to rise above ourselves."