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Doylestown Catholic school set to toast its 140th year
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School will celebrate its anniversary with “A Night Under the Stars” on Saturday, April 9. Mass in the church will be followed by dinner and music in the school gym.
Galveston-Houston welcomes one of largest groups of new Catholics in U.S.
The 2,240 candidates and catechumens received into the Catholic Church in the Houston area is thought to be the highest for any U.S. diocese.
Archbishop finds visiting children injured in bombing ‘truly difficult’
Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore, Pakistan, said he was grief stricken while visiting hospitalized child victims of an Easter bomb attack in a city park.
Vatican’s U.N. nuncio lauds role of women in peacebuilding
"Their special gift in educating people to be more receptive and sensitive of the needs of others around them and beyond is crucial in conflict resolution and in fostering post-conflict reconciliation."
Catholics of archdiocese donate $645K to retired religious
The 33,000 retired religious sisters, brothers and priests in the U.S. benefit from the annual collection, of which 80 percent remains in the Philadelphia Archdiocese for the care of local religious.
Natural family planning programs set for two parishes
St. Peter Parish in West Brandywine and Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Warminster will host sessions on NaPro Technology April 10 and 19, respectively, including a film and Q&A with a ob/gyn physician .
Georgia governor vows to veto religious freedom bill
A state bill designed to protect clergy who do not want to perform same-sex marriages faced opposition from numerous corporations who said it would allow discrimination of gay people by faith organizations.
Supreme Court seeks details on contraceptive ‘work-around’
In the case of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, the high court wants evidence of how contraceptive insurance coverage could be obtained by employees without involving the religious employers objecting to it.
Local Mass to be offered for Mother Angelica
The rector of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will celebrate Mass for the founder of EWTN television network in the cathedral's chapel Thursday night. Archbishop Chaput will celebrate her funeral Mass in Alabama.
Easter attacks in Pakistan not first time Christians targeted
Most Pakistanis view the United States and West European countries as Christian, and Muslim militants consider Pakistani Christians to be associated with those "Christian nations."