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Come to the cathedral this Sunday to pray for immigrants
Archbishop Charles Chaput urged all residents to join in Evening Prayer March 19 at 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in support of immigrants, some of whom might not attend over fear of deportation.
Gypsy woman left to die after childbirth among 115 Spanish martyrs
The martyrs include 95 priests and 20 laity, all of whom died between July 1936 and January 1939.
Bagpipes, drums more than St. Patrick’s Day music for the McPhees
The family does not take a trip without the bagpipes. From national parks and Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the pipes have made an appearance.
Trump vows to keep fighting for travel ban blocked again by courts
President Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Nashville, vowed to fight the latest court ruling blocking his executive order temporarily suspending immigration from six Muslim-majority countries and refugee resettlement all the way to the Supreme Court.
Cardinal Dolan lauds ‘communion of friends’ at Neumann U
New York's archbishop was the guest of honor at the university's 52nd annual Charter Day celebration on the campus March 15. It is the last such convocation for retiring president Rosalie Mirenda.
Doylestown Catholic school planning Uptown Hoedown fundraiser
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is selling chances to win a new Chevrolet truck or $25,000 at the event April 29, which also features music, dancing and food, all to benefit the school's technology programs.
Abortion, assisted suicide ‘always wrong,’ bishops tell Catholic lawmakers
Comments made by Catholic legislators in New Mexico in support of abortion and physician-assisted suicide "do not represent" church teaching and "may be confusing to the Catholic faithful," said the state's Catholic bishops.
In notorious Santiago community, church works to give people options
Father Gerardo Ouisse said part of the solution is to give young people an alternative way of life. His runs the health clinic and a dance school with 300 students. Four days a week, the parish offers lunch.
St. Maria Goretti Parish offers Lenten meal, study and prayers
Participants of the event will share a meatless meal and good company, view a DVD on the sacrament of reconciliation and pray the stations of the cross on March 31.
Eight-week women’s study group looks at role of women
The Endow Women’s Study Group at St. Maria Goretti Parish, Hatfield, will study St. John Paul II’s "Letter to Women" in a series of eight Sunday evenings in the parish center from March through May.