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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.
Pope John Paul II HS names new principal
James Meredith, a longtime Archbishop Ryan administrator, will lead the archdiocesan high school in Royersford. He succeeds a religious sister serving in Catholic education for 54 years.
Pope urges Scouts to be active, not just ‘decorative,’ in parish life
More than 80,000 children and adult members of the Italian Catholic Guiding and Scouting Association gathered under the hot sun in St. Peter's Square June 13 for a short but festive rally with Pope Francis.
Pope says Christians must guard their hearts from noise of this world
Christians must know that God's grace is available and their hearts must be free of "worldly noise," so as to be ready at all times to receive it, he said June 15.
Oil, arms deemed more important than people in Middle East, pope says
The cold-heartedness demonstrated in the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East is like a bitter winter that seems like it will never end, said Pope Francis.
Deacon Brown, a philosopher for almost half-century, dies at 91
A Catholic convert, Deacon Clifford Brown served at Our Mother of Consolation Parish in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill section.
Franciscan sister, a PhD chemist and teacher, dies at 68
Sister Rose Monica Katusz, O.S.F., taught at all levels in schools and universities in the Philadelphia Archdiocese plus villages in Alaska and in Africa.
Deacon Clark, retired cop and teacher, dies at 69
The first member of the Philadelphia Police Department to be ordained, Deacon Francis Clark served at St. Joseph Parish, Ambler, for most of his 26 years of ministry.
Three deteriorating churches set to close
Catholic churches in Olney, Linwood and Bridgeport, which had operated as worship sites after merging with neighboring parishes, will be closed July 15.