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Gesu School’s gala raises $371,000, honors archdiocesan pastor
Funds raised at the May 5 event, which also honored the efforts of Father Stephen D. Thorne, will support the independent Catholic grade school in North Philadelphia.
St. Margaret School, Narberth, to toast two longtime teachers
Second grade teacher Dolores Lopresti has taught for 40 years at the regional school and first grade teacher Jane Krause has devoted 35 of her 40 years in education there. They will be honored May 20.
North Philadelphia seniors enjoy special brunch event
Norris Square Senior Center hosted a brunch for local low-income seniors that was organized by the facility's partners, Catholic Social Services, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging and Presby's Inspired Life.
Indian couples frustrated as Missionaries of Charity stop adoptions
Although the sisters continue to care for abandoned, destitute and sick children, they have stopped putting them up for adoption because new government rules were "contrary to our Christian values."
To ignore the poor is to despise God, pope says
How Christians treat the poor indicates their relationship with God, Pope Francis said. "If I don't throw open the door of my heart to the poor, that door remains closed, even to God, and this is terrible!" the pope said.
Join Philadelphians for history as Mother Teresa becomes a saint
The Philadelphia Archdiocese is running a 10-day trip to Rome for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta on Sept. 4. There's still time to witness the ceremony for the most respected holy woman of this generation.
People of faith must advocate for religious liberty, says House speaker
People of faith have the responsibility to "advocate for their faith" not only through good works but also through through prayer, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
Study of women deacons won’t be first, but might answer questions
When Pope Francis pledged May 12 to form a commission to study the possibility of women serving as deacons today, church experts began weighing in on a topic that a 2002 advisory panel failed to resolve.
World leaders urged to act to counter terrorist ‘narratives, ideologies’
"Religious leaders and people of faith must be at the forefront in delegitimizing the manipulation of faith and distortion of sacred texts as a justification for violence," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said.
In new interview, pope riffs on religious freedom, abuse crisis
Governments must respect people's conscientious objection to secular laws, Pope Francis told a French Catholic newspaper. And he again called for zero tolerance of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.