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Bishops urge people to pray for those who face religious persecution
Leaders of the U.S. bishops' conference invited people to pray for "those facing the stark reality of religious persecution in the Middle East and elsewhere."
Investors convince PNC to stop financing mountaintop removal mining
Faith-based investors lauded PNC Financial Services' decision to no longer finance coal-mining firms' major mountaintop removal ventures in Appalachia.
Mexico bishops hear Pena Nieto’s plans for re-establishing public trust
Auxiliary Bishop Eugenio Lira Rugarcia of Puebla, secretary-general of the Mexican bishops' conference, described the discussion with the president and Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong March 10 as, "open," and, "frank," as the prelates spoke of issues causing concern for the faithful and citizens at large.
Christians either follow God or they’re corrupt hypocrites, pope says
"Jesus says, 'Whoever is not with me is against me.' Well, can't there be a compromise -- a bit here and a bit there? No. Either you are on the path of love or you are on the road of hypocrisy," he said March 12 in the homily at his early morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lives.
Hearing confession is source of grace, conversion for priest, pope says
Hearing a Catholic's confession should be awe-inspiring for a priest, an experience that makes him look at his own life and willingness to convert, Pope Francis told a group of seminarians, new priests and priests who hear confessions in the major basilicas of Rome.
Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at prison, wash feet of detainees
The Vatican announced March 11 that the pope will visit the Rebibbia detention facility on the outskirts of the capital April 2, then celebrate Mass in Our Father Church on the grounds of the complex.
Cardinal Egan’s ‘pearl of great price’ described as his faith in Jesus
At his funeral Mass March 10 in New York's splendid St. Patrick's Cathedral, Cardinal Edward M. Egan was remembered as a churchman whose faith in Jesus Christ outshone even his considerable temporal qualities.
Archdiocesan CYO champs St. Andrew’s heads to state tourney
The girls’ varsity CYO basketball team of St. Andrew Parish, Newtown, will play in the state CYO championship tournament in Reading this weekend.
May 23 outdoor Mass set for beatification of Archbishop Romero
Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator or chief promoter of the archbishop's sainthood cause.
Berwyn parish’s ‘helping hands’ ready to feed 10,000 in Africa
More than 200 volunteers from St. Monica Parish will break down palettes of food from Catholic Relief Services and repackage them in to smaller bags to feed the needy people of Burkina Faso on March 15.