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Order of Malta questions legitimacy of commission established by pope
The leadership of the charitable order denied the legality of a Vatican investigation into the forced resignation of the group's former leader. Pope Francis has "immediate authority over religious orders," the investigating committee said.
Event inspires Catholic collegians to evangelize on their campuses
SEEK 2017, sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, generated excitement in Texas for 13,000 young adults to spread the faith back at home. Archbishop Charles Chaput was a speaker at the national conference.
In Germantown, Vincentians worldwide plan global service to the poor
Fourteen delegates representing 200 religious congregations in the Vincentian family of priests, sisters and lay people met this week to plan works of charity, especially for all homeless people, for the next year.
Talk explores link of Mary and sacred liturgy
Father Dennis Gill will explore how Mary is inseparable from the saving mysteries of the liturgy, and how she is a model and aid for our own participation, in a talk Feb. 8 at Nativity Parish in Warminster.
Father Scanlan, college and church leader, dies at age 85
Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, whose name is almost synonymous with the Franciscan University of Steubenville, died Jan. 7 at Garvey Manor, a Catholic nursing home in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, after a long illness.
Catholic-Muslim dialogue opens to support Islamic American communities
UPDATED -- The effort will address a surge in violence against American Muslims and their engage their concerns in light of calls by President-elect Donald Trump and others to monitor American Muslims and limit entry of Muslim visitors from abroad.
Georgia woman killed by gunman at Florida airport was parish stalwart
Olga Woltering, 84, was leaving for a cruise with her husband, Ralph, to celebrate his birthday and were flying through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport when a gunman started shooting people in a baggage claim area. Ralph Woltering was not injured.
Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Solis of Los Angeles named bishop of Salt Lake City
UPDATED -- Previously he served the Archdiocese of Manila and the Diocese of Cabanatuan, both in the Philippines before coming to the United States in 1984.
Priest: Brazil’s prison system ‘factory of torture that creates monsters’
Father Valdir Joao Silveira said if the prisons had animals instead of inmates, there would be international animal protection agencies campaigning against the cruelty and pressuring local, state and federal governments in Brazil for change.
Pope: Jesus amazed because he was humble, helpful, not a hypocrite
"Jesus wasn't allergic to people. Touching lepers, the sick did not disgust him," whereas the Pharisees -- who strolled around in fine clothes -- looked down on the people and considered them ignorant, he said.