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Pope, Council of Cardinals discuss decentralization of Vatican offices
Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals studied ways in which the responsibilities of Vatican offices can be simplified and harmonized.
Cardinal Tagle to serve as spiritual director at U.S. bishops’ retreat
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, USCCB president, said he invited Cardinal Tagle because of his "wide range of pastoral experiences" and his "gift for joyful communication."
Permanent deacon, active in Italian personal parishes, dies at age 85
Deacon Armand Maresca was a lifelong resident of the former SS. Cosmas and Damian Parish in Conshohocken, then served at Holy Savior Paris in Norristown, two Italian parishes in Montgomery County.
Local man named head of pro-family organization
Already the president of the National Organization for Marriage, Philadelphia resident Brian Brown will also lead the World Congress of Families, an international group advocating for the traditional family.
Royersford parish celebrates its patronal feast day
Sacred Heart Parish celebrated its feast Friday, June 3 with morning Mass and an evening holy hour with benediction. Parishioners prayed a special prayer in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
St. Charles Seminary seeks to move all operations off site
Citing planned renovation costs that would exceed proceeds of selling the lower side parcel, the seminary's board called for moving all seminarians and programs to a local Catholic college and selling the whole 76-acre property.
Broadcaster Vin Scully wins Gabriel Personal Achievement Award
Broadcaster Vin Scully, who for 67 years has done play-by-play for the Dodgers in Los Angeles and before that in Brooklyn, New York, received the Gabriel Personal Achievement Award
Sisters who also are mothers bring new perspectives to religious life
Sister Johnson said this particular phenomenon, while not new, is another sign of increasing diversity in the "very dynamic reality" of Catholic religious life.
Survey finds growing interest among Catholics in reading the Bible
"There's come, I think, some very encouraging data on Catholics" thanks to the so-called "Francis effect," Jason Malec, U.S. mission director for the society said.
Catholic newcomers to Philadelphia raise their prayers — not only in English
On any Sunday in parishes of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, 17,000 people pray at Mass in 20 different languages other than English, with Spanish the leading tongue. Diversity in language goes back two centuries in the archdiocese.