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Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty
Each person taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end to capital punishment.
Hartford Archdiocese’s pastoral plan calls for parish closings, mergers
In Connecticut, 212 parishes will be pared to 127. Church officials cited changing demographics, lower Mass attendance and fewer priests, but said the plan would be "bringing people more closely together."
Pope tells Latin American bishops corruption is grave threat
He also reiterated calls for the church to work closely with people to renew their hope.
Msgr. Francis Statkus, former chancellor and pastor, dies at 95
After ordination in 1946 and chancery service in Little Rock, the Military Ordinariate and the Philadelphia Archdiocese, he served as pastor at St. Colman, Ardmore. Funeral rites are set for May 10 and 11.
All Pennsylvania dioceses to be dedicated to Blessed Mother
Every Catholic diocese and eparchy in the state will be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary this year, in observance of the 100th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Mother at Fatima.
Quebec Trappists renew spiritual life in their eco-friendly abbey
Escaping suburban sprawl in Quebec, a community of Cistercian priests built their new cutting-edge abbey in an area of forests and hills. "Here, you can hear silence," said the abbot.
Delaware County’s St. Margaret Church set to close
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in Essingston, which had been a little-used worship site since merging with St. Gabriel, Norwood, in 2014, will formally close June 12.
In unique class trip, 8th graders set sail on the Delaware
This year's graduating class of St. Mark School in Bristol saw the students working the ropes and sails of a tall ship, and hearing the cheers of students in the schoolyard at St. Mark's, located on the river.
Congolese priest finds science, medicine help in service of the Gospel
Following more than a decade of scientific and medical education in the United States, Father Ikanga is a neuropsychologist and a fellow at Emory. He has found that faith and science build on one another.
Irish Columban who rescues trafficked minors wins human rights award
Father Shay Cullen, 74, received the award May 6 at Germany's Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt for rescuing minors from exploitation at the hands of sex traffickers, pedophiles, illegal detention and other forms of abuse.