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Go to the source: Vatican archives help scholars make sense of history
On exam day at the Vatican Secret Archives, student-scholars get handed an obscure medieval manuscript to decipher, transcribe, analyze and hypothesize about its origins and historical context.
Nigerian bishop condemns suicide blast, says youth must be on guard
Bishop Dodo spoke to Catholic News Service by phone July 8, the day after a woman with a baby strapped to her back detonated an IED inside a local government building in Zaria.
Deacon who ‘couldn’t do enough for the Church’ dies at 88
Permanent Deacon James Burns served at St. Eleanor Parish in Collegeville, and did so much that "the Church was his hobby," according to his family.
‘Theology of beauty’ explored at La Salle U
The broader context of the role of beauty in the spiritual life is the focus of a July 12-17 conference open to graduate students and the public. All the evening sessions are free.
South Americans celebrate eucharistic congress, Mass with pope
The Eucharist is a missionary sacrament that calls people to give all they are and have to God, then take his love to the world, Pope Francis said in Bolivia.
I.H.M. sister who served for 71 years dies at age 95
Sister Paul Bernard Blankemeyer taught at St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr and Annunciation School in Philadelphia.
Sister Helene Joseph Kollar, longtime teacher, dies
The Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary taught in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and other dioceses. She was 70.
Hammer-sickle crucifix raises eyebrows during pope’s visit to Bolivia
When Bolivian President Evo Morales gave Pope Francis a crucifix atop a hammer and sickle, eyebrows were raised, including the pope's.
Listen up: Local Catholic radio station looks to expand
With two stations in Doylestown and Coatesville, Holy Spirit Radio communicates hope every day, even as it gears up to cover the World Meeting and the papal visit.
Bolivian families, church workers hope pope’s prison visit spurs change
Pope Francis plans to visit the Palmasola prison July 10, showing his concern for an oft-abandoned, neglected and stigmatized segment of society.