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Mass for persons with disabilities
The annual archdiocesan Mass honoring the gifts of persons with disabilities and the deaf community is March 21 at the cathedral. All are welcome, and volunteers are needed.
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.”
Immaculate Heart sister who taught in all grade levels dies at 74
Sister M. Jane Anne Molinaro taught in elementary and secondary schools, plus undergraduate and graduate students at Immaculata. She was the last of six siblings, natives of Norristown.
Natural family planning is focus of film and talk
The Friends of Fertility Care of Philadelphia will present a screening of the film "A Quiet Revolution" will be held Wednesday, March 25 at Immaculate Conception Church, Jenkintown.
Pro-life doctor to speak at Miraculous Medal museum
A talk by Dr. Monique Ruberu has been rescheduled from tonight, March 4, to Tuesday, March 10, because of weather concerns.
Pope plans to canonize St. Therese’s parents
Pope Francis is expected to canonize Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October.
CRS rejects claims it supplied birth control in Kenya
Catholic Relief Services called assertions that it had supplied birth control in Kenya "misleading, exaggerated and untrue." It had opted out of objectionable provisions of a government AIDS program.
Doctor relies on God to witness for sanctity of life
Dr. Monique Ruberu wanted to do more to protect human life after attending a prayer vigil at a center city Philadelphia abortion clinic in February 2014, so she started the 40 Days for Life campaign there.
Ignoring, abandoning the elderly is a sin, pope says
Seeing the elderly only as a burden "is ugly. It's a sin," Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience.
People of faith urged to make home ‘the way you want the world to look’
The discussion on religious liberty is not the purview of a single denomination or faith tradition, but one that affects every U.S. citizen, said speakers on a panel looking at the issue.