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Hispanic Catholic families enjoy music and faith testimony
About 500 people in the Latino community of the Philadelphia Archdiocese came to concerts for families recently at two parishes in Philadelphia and Chester County.
Congratulations to Philadelphia priest jubilarians
Thirty-three priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating significant anniversaries of their ordination to the priesthood this year. See our complete list of the priest jubilarians. CatholicPhilly.com wishes all the priests many more years in their ministry — ad multos annos!
French court orders removal of St. John Paul II statue from town square
While the court said the statue's location and size are "ostentatious" in nature, the main issue was not with the image of the pope, but rather, the public display of the statue under a cross, according to a May 6 Vatican Radio report.
Church looks to Spirit to solve problems with dialogue, not infighting
"The Spirit is the one who brings something new, who moves the situation forward, who creates new areas, who creates the wisdom that Jesus promised" and who creates "harmonious unity among everyone," he said, according to Vatican Radio.
Vatican approves statutes for papal commission for protecting minors
U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston -- one of the pope's top cardinal advisers and president of the pontifical commission -- had submitted a draft of the statutes, which were approved "by mandate of the supreme pontiff" April 21 by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Vatican releases details of pope’s trip July 5-12 to South America
Pope Francis' July 5-12 visit to Latin America will not take him to his native Argentina, but it will put him closely in touch with his Jesuit roots and with one of the main characteristics of his ministry as archbishop of Buenos Aires: direct contact with the poor, the sick and those striving to bring the Gospel to bear on social inequalities.
Msgr. Joseph Prior celebrates 25 years of preaching, teaching the Gospel
The CatholicPhilly.com columnist, Scripture scholar and parish pastor marks his silver jubilee this year. He's hopeful more men will respond to God's call to priesthood. Pray for all the priest jubilarians celebrating their anniversaries -- see our list here.
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.”
Texas governor: Response to prayer after accident made him stronger
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Catholic, noted at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held May 7 in Washington, there are times when "our prayers are answered differently than the way we expect."
Cardinal calls Catholics, Jews to continue building unity through God
Catholics and Jews risk losing their hard-won interfaith amity if they take ecumenism for granted and fail to pass it along to a new generation of seminarians and laity, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in an address at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.