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Roman Catholic HS names new coach with deep roots in Catholic League
Matthew Griffin, the new head basketball coach at the center city archdiocesan high school, takes the helm at his father's alma mater. Griffin was a first-team All-Catholic at the Prep a decade ago.
Organizers: World Youth Day in Poland ‘will involve long walks’
Young people attending World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, will have to walk 18 miles to and from one of its key sites, event organizers said.
Bishop, advocates like deal that allows Puerto Rico to avoid debt default
Puerto Rico got the legislation it had sought for months when the U.S. Senate adopted a bill that would allow the island's political and financial leaders to restructure billions of dollars in debt and avoid defaulting on loan payments.
Author says ‘punitive treatment’ of believers on the rise in society
The author of a new book on religious liberty issues said at a June 28 lecture in Washington that "the Western world today is home to a secularist faith."
New L.A. media platform utilizes print and digital formats, social media
The Los Angeles Archdiocese's Angelus News will focus on bringing Catholic news through Angelus, a weekly newsmagazine in print; a daily digital edition, social media channels and a daily digital newsletter.
Iowa priest reinstated; claims of clergy sex abuse against him not proved
A church trial outside the diocese found that accusations of clergy sexual abuse against Father Stack were not proved. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith concurred with the trial judges' finding.
State Senate passes sex-abuse lawsuit bill removing retroactive provision
By a 49-0 vote June 30, the full Senate approved an amended HB 1947. The House version of the bill would allow civil suits on child abuse going back decades, but the Senate version allows suits only going forward.
National campaign awards 11 local social outreach agencies
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development gave grants to four secular groups in Philadelphia and seven Catholic-run agencies totaling $270,000. The annual U.S. bishops' collection will be taken up July 9-10.
Bishops’ long-held goal of preserving net neutrality upheld in court
The U.S. bishops have long held that net neutrality -- the concept of treating all traffic on the internet the same -- was necessary for a well-functioning society.
Relics of Sts. Thomas More, John Fisher draw crowds in Minnesota
Relics of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, whose lives spanned the 15th and 16th centuries, were viewed at the cathedral June 26 as part of a national tour coinciding with the Fortnight for Freedom.