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Our Lady of Ransom set to merge with Resurrection Parish
The two Northeast Philadelphia parishes will merge at the Resurrection of Our Lord location in Rhawnhurst starting June 19. Their neighborhoods have seen a dramatic decline due to recent demographic changes.
Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers
Rick Best defended two women being accosted by a passenger yelling hate speech about Muslims and other groups. Best, a 53-year-old member of Christ the King Parish in Milwaukie, Oregon, would die for his noble deed.
College presidents appeal to homeland security for meeting on ‘dreamers’
Worried about the fate of some of their students, more than 65 college presidents representing U.S. Catholic institutions asked for a meeting with the Secretary of Homeland Security to talk about immigration policy.
Malvern Retreat House to host Family Festival
Bilingual Mass will be celebrated outdoors June 11 at 1 p.m. followed by an afternoon of music, fun family activities and food, all for one per-car price.
Catholic leaders find proposed federal budget largely fails the moral test
President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget sent shivers through social service, education and environmental communities, prompting church leaders and advocates to question the administration's commitment to people in need.
Mission means never saying, ‘It’s always been done this way,’ pope says
Catholics, especially members of religious orders, are called to be bold, creative and consoling "missionaries without borders," Pope Francis said.
Prayer, memory, mission create a joy no one can take away, pope says
The Christian road map for life's journey is to keep Jesus in one's heart, one's eyes on heaven and one's feet on the ground, spreading the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Cristo Rey community says DeVos intrigued by school’s education model
Cristo Rey schools combine work-study and a college prep curriculum for low-income students. The U.S. education secretary visited a Cristo Rey in Indianapolis, where all 46 graduating seniors were accepted into college.
Guidebook helps delegates prepare for Convocation of Catholic Leaders
The 3,000 people attending the upcoming Convocation of Catholic Leaders are being seen as members of diocesan teams who will return home to act on what they see and learn while discussing the church's role in a changing social landscape.
As Trump and the pope meet, peace offerings in person and via Twitter
But away from the cameras, in the public arena of ideas about how the world should work, the two men have clearly been at odds on a long list of subjects such as immigration, the environment, how to fight poverty, using militarization instead of diplomacy, to name a few.