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Ohio seminary’s rector wants tougher admissions policy

The head of the pontifical seminary proposes creating a national database for seminary applicants, hiring private investigators to review applications and interviews by an admissions committee and staff psychologist.

Holy Week liturgies set for cathedral, parishes in archdiocese

The holiest days of the year are beginning in Catholic churches around the world. See our schedule of liturgies at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul and what to expect at a parish near you.

Youth and young adults ready for Holy Week activities

Young Catholics in groups across the archdiocese are helping parishioners mark the sacred days before Easter.

Neumann-Goretti’s boys and girls repeat as Pa. state champs

In the class AA state basketball finals, the N-G girls of won the title, capping a 29-1 season (88-2 over the past three) while the boys won the AAA final for their sixth straight crown. Their 99 points were the most ever in PIAA finals.

Sophs, juniors power Archbishop Wood’s state championship run

Katie Greenburg (14 points,13 rebounds in the state title game) was one of only two seniors of a squad that started the year at 4-6 but went on to capture the Catholic League and PIAA class AAA titles March 19.

Staggered at start, Roman regroups to win state crown

Carried by the play of three star classmates -- especially Lamar Stevens and his 27 points -- Roman Catholic easily beat a Pittsburgh powerhouse for the Cahillites second straight class AAAA PIAA championship.

Crowd outside Supreme Court rallies against federal HHS mandate

Sisters from the Carmelites, Dominicans and Little Sisters of the Poor -- whose contraceptive mandate case was heard March 23 by the high court -- sang "Salve Regina" and other hymns in a peaceful rally in Washington.

Holy Week is memorial of God’s infinite mercy, pope says at audience

The Easter Triduum is a memorial to a love story "that gives us the certainty that we will never be abandoned in life's trials," he said.

Amid prayer and fear, Muslim refugee family thanks pope for help

Likes millions of refugees around the world, Hassan packed up his family to flee violence and to try to find a safe place where his children could grow and thrive.

New York high school teacher among scientists who ‘heard’ sound in space

NEW YORK (CNS) — Through long years of research by scientists, including a physics teacher at Regis High School in Manhattan, gravitational waves have been directly measured, confirming the last prediction of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. On Sept. 14, the faint “chirp” of two black holes colliding 1.3 billion light-years away was heard […]