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Former employee sues group that advocates for victims of clergy abuse
A former director of development for Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests has charged in a wrongful termination lawsuit that SNAP is more interested in fundraising and taking kickbacks from lawyers suing the Catholic Church than in helping survivors.
Catholic schools should promote selling points, says bishop
Catholic schools should face the challenge of enrollment decline by actively promoting what they do best: their high academic achievement and their role in forming leaders, said Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio.
Longtime teacher in Pa., N.J. Catholic schools dies at 85
Sister Anne Maureen Lyons had been a Sister of St. Joseph since 1949. She taught in schools of the archdiocese and in several New Jersey dioceses, where she was born and raised.
Cardinal O’Hara’s Mary Sheehan latest in 1,000-point club
The St. Joseph's University senior, who started playing basketball at age 4 then at St. Dorothy School in Drexel Hill, continues the hoops tradition at O'Hara, where she is involved in activities off the court, too.
Sister Mary Stanislaus Blankemeyer, Upper Darby native, dies at 92
The Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary entered the congregation in 1943 and served her entire ministry in elementary education, in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and Arlington Diocese.
St. Katherine Church hosts first pro-life rally in Northeast Philadelphia
The rally on the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Jan. 22, presented prayers and talks in support of efforts to raise awareness of the pro-life movement and the sanctity of human life.
Wuerl: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ about accompanying couples amid life’s challenges
"The apostolic exhortation calls for a compassionate pastoral approach to many people -- married, single and divorced -- who are struggling to face issues in life, the teaching of the church, and their own desire to reconcile all of this," the cardinal said.
After a shooting, Catholic group reminds people about feast’s solemnity
In the late hours of Jan. 20, the feast day of St. Sebastian, a fight broke out within the crowd, leading to shots fired resulting in two wounded men, but no fatalities.
Vatican officials visit war-torn city of Aleppo
Conveying Pope Francis' closeness to the Syrian people, a Vatican delegation visited Aleppo following the end of the hostilities that left thousands dead and the city in ruins.
$350K gift will help renovate St. Joseph’s Sisters’ retirement home
As St. Joseph Villa shifts from traditional, institutional care of aged sisters to a more home-like, community-based model, the $25 million renovation project got a big boost from the Connelly Foundation.