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Freed Syrian priest says imprisonment was way to carry cross of Jesus
When a man dressed head-to-toe in black entered the room where Father Jacques Mourad was being held by the Islamic State, the Syriac Catholic priest thought his time to become a martyr had come.
Respect life day draws 380 teenagers for talks at seminary
The annual High School Respect Life Leadership Day Nov. 12 had as its theme, "Embracing the pro-life message: It’s OK to stand up for what is right … even when it’s not popular!”
Life of Father Augustus Tolton, the son of slaves, reads like a novel
The life of Father Augustus Tolton already reads like a novel, but now it is illustrated in full color in a new graphic book produced in partnership with Liturgy Training Publications in Chicago and Editions du Signe in France.
Scouts in Chester County honor veterans
Nearly 150 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts held their All Scout Tribute to Veterans Sunday, Nov. 8 with the celebration of Mass at St. Peter Church in West Brandywine.
Catholic site transforms from closed school to senior housing
Archbishop Charles Chaput blessed the new Nativity B.V.M. Place, providing 63 senior-living apartments in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, in what had once been a thriving school. Some of its former students may live there.
Some believe Keystone pipeline through country’s midsection is not dead yet
President Barack Obama may have denied the permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to carry tar sands oil from Alberta in western Canada to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, but Nebraskans Susan and Jim Dunavan aren't so sure the $8-billion project is dead yet.
Faith leaders ask U.S. to help meet growing needs of Ukraine’s people
"Time is of the essence" to get humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine as winter sets in, a group of Ukrainian religious leaders said in a Nov. 9 appeal to President Barack Obama.
Young women invited to attend leadership forum in June
Some 300 young women interested in using their talents to serve the Catholic Church and the world will be part of a weeklong conference in June sponsored by the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious.
Tear down this wall: Holy Year calls for human barriers to tumble down
For a spiritual leader who denounces a world divided by walls, a church shuttered by cliques and hearts hardened to compassion, opening wide the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy will be a significant and symbolic moment for Pope Francis.
Back to the catacombs: New emphasis placed on bishops’ simplicity pact
To live is to change, said the retired bishop of Ivrea, and that goes for the church as well as for individuals.