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Vatican announces meeting to approve canonization of Mother Teresa
Pope Francis has called a consistory for March 15 to set canonization dates for five new saints. It is widely believed Blessed Teresa's canonization will take place Sept. 4.
‘Pray It Forward’ social media campaign focuses on sisters’ many ministries
As they tend to the spiritual and physical needs of people, including the most vulnerable, women religious rely on the amazing power of prayer. A new social media campaign developed by Sisters United News is designed to help remind people of that fact.
Clergy changes announced in archdiocese
The Philadelphia Archdiocese noted two special ministry assignments and a new parochial administrator for St. Ignatius Parish in Yardley.
Joy of Socks thrills homeless people, and the man who gives them
Tom Costello had a phobia of street people. But when he gave a pair of socks to a homeless woman and she hugged him in gratitude, he had an epiphany and started a vital new charity.
Congress agrees on something: Bill calls Mid-East violence ‘genocide’
A U.S. House committee unanimously passed a bipartisan measure condemning as genocide the killing of Christians and other minorities by Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
GMA’s defense shows no mercy in capturing league crown
Gwynedd Mercy Academy prides itself on mercy, but its basketball team didn't let up in the Catholic Academies League championship win over Mount St. Joseph. Afterward, mercy prevailed among all the players.
Four Missionaries of Charity reported killed in Yemen
UPDATED Four Missionaries of Charity and 10 to 12 other people were killed March 4 after uniformed gunmen entered a home the sisters operate for the elderly and disabled in Aden, Yemen.
Despite Chinese policies, church teaches Catholics to be open to life
Like many others in China, Maria Yang wanted more children, but she had many worries. A new catechumen group in her parish helped ease the fears of Yang and her husband, who welcomed their second baby.
Murder of Honduran environmental activist sparks outrage
Berta Caceres, who won an award considered the Nobel for ecological actions -- was murdered in what police called an attempted robbery, but family members denounced as politically motivated murder.
Mobile app seeks to connect people around the world through prayer
The app was created as part of the re-launch of the Apostleship of Prayer, the Jesuit-run outreach that has given Catholics the pope's monthly prayer intentions since 1890.