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Papal envoy sets off for besieged Ukrainian cities
After praying in Lviv with Catholics and other religious leaders, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski is traveling to Kyiv armed with "Gospel weapons: prayer, fasting and alms."
Retreat helps couples ‘renew the love’
Sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for Hispanic Catholics, the March 12 gathering will feature marriage experts and EWTN hosts Ricardo and Lucia Luzondo.
50 years ago, Mighty Macs learned to live their faith on life’s courts
Members of the 1972-1974 Immaculata women's national championship teams recall how the prayers of the Immaculate Heart Sisters and the players formed them as competitors and achievers rooted in faith.
St. Lucy School moving to new location
The longtime school for students with visual impairments will open its doors at St. Jerome Parish in Northeast Philadelphia in time for the 2022-2023 academic year.
St. Cornelius Parish ready for synod to breathe new life in church
The Chadds Ford, Delaware County parishioners are looking to be "refreshed and renewed in the faith” through the synod's process of encounter and dialogue, which requires honest engagement by lay people and clergy.
St. Joseph Parish to go ‘From the Desert to the Garden’
The Aston, Delaware County parish begins a five-week Lenten series March 9 led by the pastor, Msgr. Brian Bransfield, each Wednesday evening in Lent at the church, including a talk and Q&A session.
CRS leader sees swelling needs of Ukraine refugees
In response to more than 2 million people, primarily women and children, fleeing the war in Ukraine in recent weeks, Catholic Relief Services CEO Sean Callahan outlined the ways in which CRS is working with Catholic agencies to aid the refugees.
U.K. doctor can continue ‘abortion pill reversal treatment’
A British medical regulator has reversed a ban on a Catholic doctor treating women who wished to keep their babies. Dr. Dermot Kearney has helped 32 women to give birth to healthy babies after reversing the effects of abortion drugs.
Ukraine exodus is fastest-growing refugee crisis since WWII
As of March 8, at least 2 million have fled Ukraine in the days following Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of the East European nation, said the U.N.'s commissioner for refugees. The crisis is expected to worsen among Ukraine's 44 million residents.
Archbishop Gudziak: ‘Morally, Ukraine has won this war’
The highest ranking Ukrainian Catholic prelate in the U.S., Philadelphia Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak, recommends three ways U.S. Catholics can help Ukraine. The spiritual battle underway there "entails great suffering."