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A new kind of church, at home with the poor
Two pastors are heading a new mission outreach of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, akin to a storefront church, in a former bar in Kensington's tough K & A neighborhood. It joins other Catholic efforts to serve the urban poor.
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.”
Scotsman says Medjugorje trip as youth inspired worldwide food program
Mary's Meals is a story of boundless proportions -- feeding 1 million schoolchildren in 13 countries their daily meal even as 18,000 die of hunger-related diseases every day.
Pakistani church office calls for mercy as Christian faces execution
"Bahadur was sentenced to death for a murder that took place in September 1992. He has now spent 23 years on death row," the letter stated. "Alarmingly, there is strong evidence to suggest that Bahadur is innocent."
Sisters ‘fine’ after weekend trapped in elevator with no food, water
The 58-year-old Irish religious and the 68-year-old religious from New Zealand "are fine, but are not speaking to the press," a receptionist at the Marist Sisters residence in Rome told Catholic News Service June 9.
Guam becomes 1st U.S. territory to legalize same-sex marriage
Guam's archbishop decried a "tsunami of secularization" after a judge's June 5 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, saying it was "a defeat ... for our island and the whole of humanity."
Denying religion public voice opposes freedom, Vatican official says
By failing to listen to the concepts and challenges offered by world religions in important discussions together with secularist perspectives, a pluralistic society "will never be authentic pluralism, and will instead risk falling into a uniform single-mindedness, the enemy of freedom," he said.
Faith, fate lead woman to open Christian store in town’s old theater
When Christie Kelley parked her car in front of an old unused building on West Second Street in downtown Grand Island to visit a friend who worked next door, she never imagined what she would find herself doing within a few years.
New deacons represent diversity, role of service in church
Archbishop Chaput ordained 21 new permanent deacons on Saturday, June 6. The men from a variety of backgrounds will serve in city and suburban parishes.
Work begins on new senior housing project in Kensington
Archdiocesan officials broke ground on their latest senior housing project, St. Francis Villa, last week. It will offer 40 affordable apartments for seniors starting next year.