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Scouts honored at Cathedral Mass
Bishop Michael Fitzgerald celebrated Mass for 250 Boy Scouts and troop leaders from parishes throughout the Philadelphia Archdiocese last Saturday.
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.”
Rome’s poor shantytown gets surprise visit by pope
When Pope Francis walked through the gate surrounding a group of shacks, it took a while for people in the neighborhood to notice. When they did, they flocked around as he led them in praying the Lord's Prayer.
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.”
Malvern Retreat House art show runs through Sunday
More than 100 artists will be showing and selling their work at one of the region’s largest art shows this weekend in Malvern.
Gwynedd’s win took 13 years, but don’t call it an upset
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy edged past its archrival Mount St. Joseph’s Academy last weekend with a historic win. Excellence is becoming contagious in all GMA’s sports, as a “learning to win” attitude takes hold.
Traffickers abduct workers’ kids as chain to forced labor, says activist
The chains shackling people to slave-like labor, including women tied to the sex trade, are no longer visible, said a U.S. Catholic advocate. That makes it difficult to identify and help victims.
The Romero case: Changing times bring changing definition of ‘martyr’
Who can be called a martyr? Be it Maximilian Kolbe, Archbishop Romero or other 20th century figures, martyrdom has been at the heart of a high-level Vatican debate for more than 40 years.
Arabs make gains in joining Israel’s high-growth, high-tech industries
Hundreds of talented, well-educated young Arabs struggle to find work in Israel. Arabs make up 30 percent of Israel's population but account for only 1 percent of those working in Israel's high-tech sector.
Indian Christians arrested during protest outside New Delhi cathedral
BANGALORE, India (CNS) -- Church leaders criticized police manhandling of Christians who gathered Feb. 5 at the gate of Sacred Heart Cathedral to protest five attacks on churches in the past two months.