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World needs those who can bring God’s hope, consolation, pope says
Christian hope is built on patiently enduring everything life brings and knowing how to see God's presence and love everywhere, Pope Francis said.
Class Acts: A sit down with the principal of SS. Peter and Paul School
CatholicPhilly.com presents a Q&A with the West Chester parish school’s principal, Margaret Egan, the latest in a special ongoing series of interviews with leaders of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
U.S. Catholics asked ‘to accompany’ migrants, refugees seeking better life
UPDATED - Titled "Living as a People of God in Unsettled Times," the reflection was issued "in solidarity with those who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict or fear in their native lands."
AbbeyFest Concert Series coming to three parishes
The series begins Thursday, March 30 at St. Norbert Church in Paoli followed by Friday, March 31 at Nativity of Our Lord in Warminster and concludes on Saturday, April 1 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Sister Francis Bernard Butt, I.H.M., dies at Camilla Hall
In her 58th year of religious life, Sister Francis taught in elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Dioceses of Allentown, Arlington and Richmond before she retired in 2012.
Sister Virgo Maria Werner, I.H.M., dies at 86
After teaching in schools of the Philadelphia Archdiocese for many years, she spent the next 37 years on staff at Camilla Hall, where she died. She served for 68 years in the congregation.
Eritrean Catholic bishop visits diaspora, says too many migrants perish
Bishop Tsalim, 46, was at St. John Chrysostom Parish in Columbus, Ohio, in early March visiting the Eritrean Catholic diaspora who have been worshipping with the Byzantine Catholic community since 2014.
At 50, ‘Populorum Progressio’ takes on new life through Pope Francis
Blessed Paul VI's 1967 encyclical "Populorum Progressio" ("The Progress of Peoples") focused on the problem of international development and the gap between the rich and poor.
Encyclical’s influence on church’s social action work continues
Blessed Paul VI's 1967 encyclical "Populorum Progressio" rooted the Catholic Church in solidarity with the world's poorest nations.
Famine, worsened by war, threatens South Sudanese, official says
Catholic agencies including CRS are addressing famine South Sudan where some 5 million people are on the brink of starvation. Four years of violence, displacement, climate change and economic collapse are blamed.