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Knights of Columbus call for nine days of prayer for peace
Archbishop Charles Chaput invites everyone to participate in the novena by offering the Prayer for Peace of St. Francis of Assisi for each of the nine days from Thursday, July 14 through Friday, July 22.
Bishop Shanahan freshman takes the long road to emerging stardom
Standout softball pitcher Devon Miller is still young, but she has logged many miles playing year-round on her Chester County travel team. She'll soon hit the road touring colleges while she hits the books at school.
Vatican, al-Azhar officials look to kick-start joint talks, cooperation
Acting on Pope Francis' expressed desire, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue was sending a top-level official to Cairo to visit al-Azhar University.
Pilgrims to take sharpened social media strategies to World Youth Day
Low-cost video messaging carried across increasingly video-friendly social media platforms will define this year's World Youth Day experience in Krakow, Poland, say several organizations.
Kansas seminarian believed drowned after saving life of kayaker on river
Brian Bergkamp, 24, had been kayaking with four friends, a man and three women, when they hit churning water.
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta parish set to change its name to ‘Saint’
Ten years after its founding and before the canonization of Mother Teresa in Rome this September, the burgeoning parish in Limerick will change its name to St. Teresa of Calcutta with a Mass Saturday, July 16.
Veterans’ center gets a make-over and a blessing in Coatesville
Extensive renovations have been completed at the former Catholic school building that hosts Operating Base Cecilia, which through Catholic Social Services aids area veterans with housing and job training.
Catholic response to domestic violence focus of talks
A third of U.S. women have been victims of domestic violence, and 15.5 million children are exposed to it each year. But therapists with empathy, such as those at a conference last week, can help begin the healing.
Msgr. Thomas Kelley, retired pastor of St. Anne Parish, dies at 93
After a long ministry of parish assignments and after reviving the annual novena to St. Anne at the Port Richmond Parish, Msgr. Kelley spent 18 years at St. Matthew Parish, longer than any of his assignments.
Pray for healing of community divisions, archbishop says
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis focused on the need for unity and healing in the Twin Cities and country during a Mass for peace and justice July 8.