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Waldron Mercy names new principal, Ann Marie Braca
The private Catholic school in Merion Station announced its selection of Braca, who currently is principal of Holy Family Regional School in Phoenixville. She helped put the school into the black and improve technology for students.
Arts festival showcases excellence in Catholic schools
The Showcase of Excellence program this spring will take place at six locations featuring the academic and fine arts work of students at 65 Catholic schools throughout the archdiocese. Find a Showcase location near you.
Supreme Court sends death-row IQ case back to lower courts
The U.S. Supreme Court said the inmate's intellectual disability should prevent his execution.
As in his life, all welcomed at Cardinal Keeler’s funeral Mass
Mourners from near and far, and all walks of life and various creeds, filled the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland March 28 for the funeral Mass of Cardinal William H. Keeler, 14th archbishop of Baltimore.
Vatican official praises Detroit Archdiocese for response to immigrants
Msgr. Figueiredo's visit to the Archdiocese of Detroit is the first of many he is taking around the world, meeting with local Catholic leaders about what support the Vatican can provide for refugees, which Msgr. Figueiredo said is one of the biggest issues in Pope Francis' pontificate.
All married couples invited to annual Wedding Anniversary Mass
Archbishop Charles Chaput will celebrate the Mass May 6 for couples including newlyweds and those who have been married 25 years, 50 years or more at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
This time, Guterres visits Zaatari refugees as the U.N.’s top official
As the Catholic secretary-general visited the world's biggest camp for Syrian refugees, he made an impassioned plea: Stop Syria's devastating war.
Pope: God promises the ‘impossible,’ asks people hope against all hope
Real Christian hope "is not based on our word, but on God's Word" and promises of salvation and eternal life, the pope said during his general audience in St. Peter's Square March 29.
Students’ project opens door to Vatican global water-awareness campaign
When the young women originally began their water-awareness campaign, christened the Blue Roots Project -- bluerootsproject.org -- no one expected it would take them to the Vatican.
Pay close attention to pope’s words and actions, papal nuncio says
Archbishop Christophe Pierre told the audience at a March 27 discussion at Georgetown University that it is not a question of whether the pope is good or bad or if one agrees with him or not. The issue, for Catholics, is to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying through the pope.