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San Diego Diocese to be headed by California native Bishop McElroy
Pope Francis tapped San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop Robert W. McElroy to lead the San Diego Diocese. The bishop holds degrees in American history from Harvard and Stanford.
Special kids score skills at parish’s basketball clinic
Children with autism, ADD and other challenges enjoyed a months-long basketball camp that culminated at St. Monica’s, Berwyn, last Saturday. Teen volunteers and parents learned how to raise smiles while teaching the game kids love.
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.”
Youths enjoy rock concert retreat experience
It wasn't their parent's idea of retreat, but hundreds of kids in sixth through eighth grades came to retreats with a vocations theme at two archdiocesan high schools last weekend.
As a radical reformer, pope has made enemies
Pope Francis faces enemies opposing his agenda from inside and outside of the church, said a prominent writer who rejects the liberal label. "That is not a liberal thought; it's a radical Christian thought," he said.
Shroud shows the pain Jesus endured for humanity, says speaker
An expert on the Shroud of Turin, believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, talked to a Pittsburgh audience about the evidence of authenticity for the shroud and its depictions of Christ's extreme suffering.
Rules for Vatican finance offices include protection for whistleblowers
New rules governing the guidance, oversight and control of Vatican financial and administrative activities include the power to levy sanctions and take "civil or criminal action" in cases of "damage to assets," as well as providing protection for whistleblowers raising red flags about "anomalous activity."
By listening to poor, mission of ‘Guadium et Spes’ lives, cardinal says
By listening to people's suffering, joys and daily endeavors, Catholics bring the vision of the Second Vatican Council to the world, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, told an audience at The Catholic University of America.
Aid official says Gazans have lost hope, situation worse than during war
Six months after the end of the most recent war in Gaza, there is still a "grave humanitarian crisis" in the narrow strip wedged between the Egyptian and Israeli borders, where more than 1.8 million Palestinians live closed off to the world because of an international embargo.
U.S. priest to Irish safeguarding meeting: Church not haven for abusers
The Catholic Church is "no longer a safe haven for child abusers," said a top priest psychologist who advises the U.S. bishops on child sexual abuse.