News
Phila.-area youth ready to join thousands in Poland for World Youth Day
Representatives of the Philadelphia group traveling to Krakow this weekend for the global youth event next week received a special blessing after Mass on Sunday at St. Isaac Jogues Church in Wayne.
Panel examines causes, solutions for ‘growing scourge’ of trafficking
Speakers called for greater awareness and stronger policies to combat the roots of human trafficking among children and youth.
Mexican archdiocese promises help in alleged sexual assault by priest
Father Carlos Franco Perez, priest at the cathedral in Oaxaca city, has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault occurring during Holy Week, according to local media.
After court ruling, Salvadorans must seek reconciliation, says bishop
UPDATED - Salvadorans must not overreact to the Supreme Court decision to declare the country's amnesty law unconstitutional, said Auxiliary Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador.
Bishop feels ‘deep ache in my heart’ after fatal shootings of police
Baton Rouge Bishop Robert W. Muench renewed a call for a diocesan-wide week of prayer, fasting and reflection after the latest fatal shootings in the city.
Poll: Hispanic Catholics back Clinton; white Catholics split over choices
A new Pew survey, in which Clinton leads Trump 51 percent to 42 percent, looks at electoral preferences by religious affiliation. Catholics and Evangelicals each make up 20 percent of the electorate but the religiously unaffiliated stand at 21 percent.
Churches among those swept up in Pokemon Go craze
As it grows in popularity, priests, youth groups and others are quickly finding opportunities to evangelize to young people.
Nuns on the Bus seek ways to close economic gaps for struggling families
Social and economic ills can be overturned by rearranging national priorities, participants said during a two-hour gathering hosted by St. Leo the Great Parish as part of the 13-state Nuns on the Bus tour.
Hundreds of thousands crowd nation’s capital to celebrate faith in Jesus
About 350,000 mostly young people of all faiths gathered on the National Mall for music and prayer July 16 for "Together 2016," declaring that Jesus changes everything and asking him to "reset the generation."
Healing Mass to be celebrated at St. Katharine of Siena Church
The church in Wayne will host the Catholic charismatic Mass on Thursday, July 21 in which a priest and teams of people will pray over all those wanting God's friendship.