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Bangladeshi Catholic editor flees country amid harassment, threats
Rosaline Costa heard people tell her "be careful" so often she decided that she had to flee her native Bangladesh for the United States to stay alive.
Gymnast keeps rosary — a gift from her mom — close when she competes
U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, and she also carries a rosary her mother gave her.
Texas Catholic parish welcomes immigrant children ‘with a lot of love’
"We've always been a very united community and having the children here has brought us even closer together because we all want the children to feel at home and we are doing everything we can for them."
Philippine church leaders feel powerless to stop extrajudicial killings
"In our dream to wipe out drug addiction, are we not becoming a 'killing fields' nation?" Archbishop Socrates Villegas asked.
Mercy received must be mercy shared, pope says at audience
In his main audience talk, Pope Francis focused on the Gospel story of Jesus raising from the dead the son of the widow of Nain, giving renewed hope not just to the woman and her son, but to all.
Archbishop announces clerical changes
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective as noted ...
Pope pays ‘private’ visit to convents outside Rome
Pope Francis "snuck" out of the Vatican Aug. 9 for a drive, a walk in the woods and lunch with an Italian bishop at a small convent.
Approval for Zairian rite was a long time coming, says Congolese cardinal
The biggest changes from the Roman rite known to most Catholics in the West to the Zairian rite are slight changes in order. The penitential rite follows the homily, and is followed by the sign of peace.
Mercy Farm offers visitors peace and quiet, lessons in caring for earth
Here in the quiet, "God has a chance to get through," Sister Secord told Vermont Catholic, the magazine of the Diocese of Burlington.
One day retreat at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Media August 15
St. Mary Magdalen Church in Media will offer a one day retreat on The Glory of Mary on Her Assumption into Heaven on August 15 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:35 p.m. Registration fee of $25.00 includes lunch. For more information contact Barbara Woodring at 610-725-0112 or woodringba@yahoo.com