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Pope to ride in open vehicles during trip to Philippines
Pope Francis will not ride in a bullet-proof vehicle during his Jan. 15-19 visit, even after the notoriously violent Islamic State group said it planned to target the pontiff during his travels.
Climate pact fails to protect poor countries, say Catholic observers
The vague language of the recent international agreement means the poorest countries could bear a disproportionate share of the costs from droughts and floods due to climate change, Catholic groups said.
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.”
Students at Montgomery County Catholic schools win scholarships
Jason Kost, a student of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta School in Limerick and Emmett Nama of Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School in Willow Grove have been named Neumann Scholars.
World Meeting gifts make stocking stuffers
With Christmas only little more than a week away, the World Meeting of Families is making items available for last-minute shopping on their website, WorldMeeting2015.org.
‘Hell had touched us’
The darkness let loose on the terrorized city of Sydney, Australia, cannot overcome the light of Christ, the city's archbishop said at a Dec. 16 Mass after a lone gunman took 17 people hostage in a cafe, killing two before being shot by police.
Australians turned to prayer during siege, Sydney priest says
Father Brendan Purcell is based at St. Mary's Cathedral, just a five-minute walk from the nearby Lindt Cafe, where Iranian-born Islamic cleric Man Haron Monis took dozens of hostages on morning of Dec. 15.
U.S. nuns see new beginning as Vatican report affirms their ministry
U.S. women religious welcomed the conciliatory tone of a Vatican report on religious life and appreciated acknowledgement of the important ministry that they practice day in and day out in the life of the church.
Msgr. Menna, remembered as a selfless priest, dies at 84
Msgr. Francis J. Menna, a former pastor, regional vicar and rector of Villa St. Joseph, the archdiocesan home for retired priests, died Dec. 10.
Pakistani Catholic official calls attack on school ‘barbaric, inhuman’
The Catholic Church in Pakistan has joined the chorus of condemnation of the deadly attack by the Taliban on a school that has left at least 126 children and others dead and 250 injured.