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Bishops’ stances vary on sanctuary for immigrants facing deportation
The bishop of Sacramento, California, said Catholic churches in the diocese could offer sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation, while the archbishop of Washington cautioned that offering sanctuary does not legally guarantee protection if federal agents come calling.
Lenten Fish Fry Fundraiser
The Philadelphia Branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association will hold its annual Lenten Fish Fry Fundraiser on Friday, March 31, 2017.
Women’s Wellness Weekend
The Sisters of Saint Joseph will host two Women’s Wellness Weekends in lovely Cape May Point, New Jersey on the weekends of June 2-4 and September 8-10, 2017.
Wood pries league championship from almost certain defeat
There was little chance Archbishop Wood could come back from a deep deficit at halftime of the boys' basketball Catholic League final. But they did, edging Neumann-Goretti 65-58 for Wood's first league hoops title.
A shocker so big, it still hasn’t sunk in
Cardinal O'Hara's girls' basketball team are still pinching themselves after Monday night's improbable Catholic League championship win over favored Archbishop Wood, 35-30, at the famed Palestra.
Egyptian priest praises Muslim support of threatened Christians
Father Rafic Greiche, spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, said Christians must differentiate between ordinary Muslims and extremists.
Pope Francis, Day would have been ‘good friends,’ says granddaughter
Mary Hennessy was at St. Norbert College in De Pere Feb. 23 to talk about her newly released book, "Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother."
Black Catholics, white Catholics take unflinching look at racism
At the first of three planned discussions, Catholics from several parishes came to St. Raymond Parish Feb. 28 to challenge their personal prejudices and society's presumptions in order to build racial harmony.
Houston airport chaplains bring ashes, sacraments to travelers
Stationed outside the Terminal C Interfaith Chapel March 1, Father Charles Sampler greeted anyone who walked past. A visible and verbal reminder that it was indeed Ash Wednesday.
Irish commission finds human remains at former church-run home
UPDATED - A spokesman for the commission said March 3 that the body was shocked by the discovery made in Tuam, County Galway, at the site formerly managed by the Bon Secours religious order.