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Vatican court continues investigating possible cases of money laundering
The Vatican City court continued investigating possible financial crimes, freezing more than $2.1 million in assets deposited at the Vatican bank.
With simplicity, not as royalty, Christians embrace the meek, pope says
Christians embrace the lowliest and those most in need, treasuring and living out the simplicity of faith received from mothers and grandmothers, Pope Francis said.
40 Days for Life Campaign
Pro lifers all around Philadelphia are encouraged to take part in the Lenten 40 Days for Life campaign.
St. Vincent Parish featured in televised Mass
Participants from St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Mass airing Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 a.m. on Channel 6 were omitted from the closing credits.
Students in schools, PREPs do a ‘Souper’ job collecting food
Sixteen Catholic schools and parish religious education programs (PREP) in the Philadelphia Archdiocese collected 15,000 pounds of food plus money for the “Souper Bowl of Caring,” the largest amount for the drive in recent years.
Five church choirs to sing in Lenten concert in Delaware County
St. John Chrysostom Church in Wallingford will host and participate in the Music of Praise and Peace concert featuring Catholic and Protestant Christian churches on Sunday, March 5.
Local priest awarded for essay on outreach to pregnant parishioners
Father Gus Puleo, pastor of mostly Hispanic St. Patrick Parish in Norristown, had had enough of burying babies. So he launched a prenatal health clinic for his undocumented parishioners. Seminarians aid the clinic with their Spanish skills.
Want to become a saint? Pray for someone who doesn’t like you
A practical first step toward holiness -- as well as for assuring peace in one's family and in the world -- is to pray for a person who has caused offense or harm, Pope Francis said.
Trump administration urged to do all it can to ‘care for creation’
Quoting Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'," three Catholic leaders wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Feb. 17 urging the Trump administration to do all it can to care for creation both domestically and globally.
Michael Novak, noted theologian, philosopher and author, dies at 83
UPDATED - Michael Novak, a Catholic philosopher, theologian and author who was highly regarded for his religious scholarship and intellectual independence, died Feb. 17 at his home in Washington.