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Catholic, Anglican leaders welcome Irish priest’s step toward sainthood
Jesuit Father Conor Harper said what is remarkable about him was the way he is "revered in the two Christian traditions that were so dear to him, the Roman Catholic and the Protestant.
West Catholic HS alum gives $5 million in largest-ever gift to school
Leonard Mazur, class of 1963, and his wife Helen visited the school April 28, advising the students to help others someday as they have been helped. In his remarkable life people helped him when he needed it.
Cabrini College set to become a university this summer
The Radnor-based Catholic college has met the state qualifications for a university by offering graduate and undergraduate programs. The nearly 60-year-old college enrolls 1,300 undergrads and 900 grad students.
New ordinations give reason for hope, but need for priests still great
In recent years, the numbers of priestly ordinations have given Catholic Church observers reason to believe there is not a global vocations crisis, but they acknowledge there is still a need for more.
St. Martin School honors alumni, raises funds
The Independence Mission School in Oxford Circle, Northeast Philadelphia, once had the largest enrollment in the U.S. Today it serves children of all faiths, and they will benefit from the school's recent fundraiser.
Ryan says he was ‘wrong’ about views on poor in latest talk at Georgetown
House Speaker Paul Ryan apologized for his earlier criticism of recipients of government benefits as "takers and makers," and said Republicans strive for a country that is "open, diverse, dynamic."
Catholic vote not as monolithic as it once was, but still important
Voting patterns show Catholics vote much like the rest of America, with minor swings one way or the other, depending on the candidate and the state.
Iowa bishop supports medical marijuana bill in letter to lawmakers
Bishop Pates said a comprehensive bill was needed to "give Iowans the ability to produce a safe and consistent treatment as well as provide a legal avenue for physicians to recommend it to those who are in need."
Would-be football coach will be a new priest this May
Mark Cavara always loved football, and he sees parallels between coaching and priestly ministry. When he is ordained soon he will continue a recent string of vocations from his home parish, St. Agnes in West Chester. See the next in our series on the four men to be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Holy Spirit works through listening to one another, pope says
Only through listening to others with humility can the Holy Spirit work and "the communion of the church" be expressed, he said April 28 during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.