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Same-sex attraction needs more attention in parishes, speakers say
Attendees at a national conference discussed how to convey Church teaching and preaching for people with same-sex attraction. Said one New Jersey priest: "God doesn't hate gay people."
Sister Marita Catherine Leinmiller dies at age 86
The I.H.M. sister taught in Catholic schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and served as a pastoral minister in a New Jersey parish for 20 years.
Villanova singers present concert during World Meeting week
The oratorio, based on Biblical passages on marriage and the family, will feature main roles by singers from Opera Philadelphia, supported by combined choirs and youth musicians.
Young Catholics get another chance to ‘Stump the Priest’
The event was so successful last spring that a second round next week will again allow Millennials to ask social-justice questions to a panel of four local priests.
Shanahan principal named new superintendent for high schools
Sister Maureen Lawrence McDermott, I.H.M., the principal of Bishop Shanahan High School for the past 14 years, has been named superintendent of secondary schools for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Sister Mary Appolonia Matijasic, I.H.M., dies at 93
Sister Mary taught for 40 years at Immaculata University, as well as in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Diocese of Allentown, and Chile.
Indian community to honor birth of Mary
The Miraculous Medal Novena, solemn Mass, novena to Our Lady of Good Health and other devotions are coming to Mary's shrine in Germantown Sept. 5.
Seminary to host forum examining mission of the family
Archbishop Chaput will join a panel of theologians Aug. 25 at the seminary, at which guests will be invited to engage with the speakers on the topic of family.
Archbishop encourages prayers for creation
Pope Francis has declared Sept. 1 as the first annual Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which follows on the heels of the his recent encyclical, “Laudato Si.”
Theologians eye ways to draw in divorced, remarried Catholics
One path may be a "penitential process" that gradually would lead some divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to confession, absolution and Communion.