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Coming to Philadelphia? Plan ahead, be patient
Planners with the city, regional agencies and the World Meeting of Families advise making early transportation plans for the visit of Pope Francis. SEPTA outlined plans for traveling by train to the events.
Catholics around the world pray rosary for priests
UPDATED - The national shrine in Washington was one of 84 shrines in 46 nations, from Siberia to Guatemala, participating in the rosary relay June 12.
Parish growth is a gift of faith, and I-95
The construction of the highway decimated Philadelphia neighborhoods, but led to the growth of one Bucks County parish, St. John the Evangelist in Morrisville, which celebrates its 50th year.
Concern for poor is sign of the Gospel, not communism
If Christians don't dig deep and generously open their wallets, they do not have "genuine faith," Pope Francis said today at daily Mass.
Pope OKs synod members elected by Canada’s bishops, superiors general
The pope approved the Canadian bishops' election of: Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, conference president; Bishop Noel Simard of Valleyfield; Cardinal Thomas C. Collins of Toronto; and Archbishop Richard W. Smith of Edmonton.
High court rules on fetal ultrasound law, immigration appeals
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that blocked North Carolina's law requiring physicians to perform an ultrasound on women seeking abortions.
U.S. military archbishop helps dedicate memorial in Normandy, France
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese of the Military Services gave the benediction June 6 after the dedication of a new monument on Utah Beach that depicts three American GIs emerging from a Higgins boat.
Indian police arrest suspect in death threat against cardinal
Jaya Roy, superintendent of police in Ranchi, in the eastern state of Jharkhand, identified the suspect as Devesh Kumar.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Share God’s mercy with the unwanted, pope tells priests
"I ask you to be shepherds with God's tenderness, to leave the 'whip' hanging in the sacristy and be shepherds with tenderness, even with those who create more trouble for you," Pope Francis told 1,000 priests.