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Holy Cross School’s robotics team wins at U Penn event
The Collegeville regional school's team designed a robot using Legos that will help to avoid vehicle collisions with deer by alerting both drivers and animals. Their design won first place at the regional robotics competition.
Hardened hearts can turn believers into atheists, pope says
Not listening to God's voice can distance Christians from him and lead them instead to seek solace in worldly idols that offer only doubt and confusion, Pope Francis said.
Top Vatican officials attend child protection seminar
There is absolutely no excuse for not implementing concrete measures to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.
Make way for the Gospel: Vatican ensures media give the message
As the Vatican Secretariat for Communication works to unify Vatican media efforts, a key pastoral concern is to keep open all the channels that allow Pope Francis to speak to the world.
Senators ask Gorsuch about abortion, religious liberty
When asked again about his stance on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, Gorsuch said March 22 he accepts the decision "as the law of the land."
Cardinal William Keeler, retired archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 86
A product of St. Charles Seminary and formerly the bishop of Harrisburg before going to Baltimore in 1989, he was made a cardinal in 1994. He became known for his vital role in ecumenical and interreligious relations.
Pope apologizes for Catholics’ participation in Rwanda genocide
Meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Pope Francis asked God's forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious.
World faces pressing need to protect water, Vatican official tells U.N.
The right to clean water is a basic and pressing need for all people of the planet because without water "there is no life," said the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations.
Talk on Augustinians, Italian Americans, coming to Villanova
The Mission of Italian Augustinians in the United States will be the topic of a presentation March 29 by Augustinian Father Michael Di Gregorio at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library.
Doylestown parish invites adults to parenting workshop
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish will host three sessions March 28, April 11 and April 25 with psychologist and researcher Dr. Mariette Danilo to show how parents can help kids navigate an image-conscious world.