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Cathedral invites all to prayers for ‘Peace in Our City’ and end to violence

Starting Aug. 28, the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host a weekly one-hour gathering for "focused, intentional" intercession amid Philadelphia's rising homicide rate.

Pope creates 20 new cardinals, including San Diego bishop

Welcoming the new cardinals Aug. 27, Pope Francis said they have been entrusted with a "fiery mission" to bring Christ to the world.

New seminarians move in, begin life at St. Charles Borromeo

Close to 30 young men arrived on campus this week, bringing the total number of seminarians on campus to 133 -- and their presence is a "sign of hope," said rector Father Keith Chylinski.

Pope John Paul II HS welcomes new athletic director

Tracey Rarich said she's ready to continue working with "the finest" team she's already been a part of for the past seven years.

Ready to play: Catholic League Boys’ Sports schedule

Mark your calendars for a new season of high school football and soccer, and stay tuned for the Girls' Sports schedule next week.

Indianapolis Catholic is leading pope’s global plan to care for the earth

John Mundell, the new director of the global effort to implement Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'", is ready to help the world "journey toward healing in our relationships with God, our neighbors and the earth itself."

By the numbers: Consistory keeps expanding variety in College of Cardinals

Ahead of the Aug. 27 consistory, during which Pope Francis will appoint 20 new cardinals, Catholic News Service surveys the makeup of the college.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summons nuncio over papal comments on car bomb

Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said "the Ukrainian heart is torn" by the pope's Aug. 24 remarks describing slain Russian ultranationalist and Ukraine war supporter Darya Dugina as an "innocent" victim of the conflict.

Parish prays for Nicaraguan Catholics amid government crackdown

At an Aug. 24 holy hour, St. Ambrose parishioners interceded for faithful in the Central American nation, where the Ortega administration has arrested clergy, shuttered Catholic organizations and expelled religious orders.

NCEA, other faith-based groups fight efforts to broaden scope of Title IX

The legislation affects not only athletics, but "a variety of K-12 educational programs," and schools accepting federal assistance would be bound to comply with regulations contrary to beliefs.