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Bishop challenges Catholics to combat ‘ugly tide of anti-Islamic bigotry’
"We are witnessing in the United States a new nativism, which the American Catholic community must reject and label for the religious bigotry which it is," he said in a keynote address delivered Feb. 17 in the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.
Bishop decries shootings in Michigan, prays for victims
Bishop Paul J. Bradley of Kalamazoo offered prayers at a Mass Feb. 22 for the six people who were killed and two others injured by a gunman. Other western Michigan churches also held memorial services.
Mourners praise life, legacy of Scalia, call his faith ‘remarkable’
Following the Feb. 20 funeral Mass for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, some who attended the funeral shared their profound admiration and fond memories of the late justice.
The deeper his faith, the better public servant Scalia was, says son
Just as many pilgrims are passing through the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in this Year of Mercy, the casket bearing the body of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entered through the door Feb. 20.
One of Conshohocken’s Catholic churches set to close
SS. Cosmas and Damian, one of three worship sites of St. Matthew Parish, will close as a Catholic church effective March 16. It will continue to be used by a Coptic Orthodox congregation.
Thousands pay respects to Scalia at Supreme Court
Thousands of people passed through the Great Hall of the Supreme Court building to pay their respects to Justice Antonin Scalia, whose body lay in repose the day before his funeral Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Supreme Court without Justice Scalia: Will it lack a tip of the scales?
Justice Anthony Kennedy has been described as a swing vote, a term he is said to despise, but depending on his vote in upcoming cases before a successor to Scalia steps in, there will either be split decisions or 5-3 votes with the more liberal justices forming the majority.
Philippine nuns, priests say role in revolution affected their faith
Standing in pairs, Sister Ocariza and 16 other nuns led the rosary as soldiers escorted rolling military tanks with their turrets trained on the sisters. The nun said staring down those tanks has been the scariest experience of her life.
Pope calls for moratorium on death penalty
Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," applies to the guilty as well as the innocent. He also called for improved prison conditions.
Support groups forming for mothers and fathers
Corpus Christi Parish in Lansdale will host the first meeting of a fathers' group, "The Guardians," on Tuesday evening, March 1. On the same day a group for mothers, "The Mom Cafe," will hold its first meeting in the morning.