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North Dakota bishop asks priests to pray in front of abortion clinic
Bishop Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo has asked all priests of his diocese to spend at least one hour in prayer before the state's only abortion facility and to join him in a procession to the facility Sept. 26.
Pakistani Catholic: Church to appeal death penalty for blasphemy charge
Catholic leaders in Pakistan will appeal to their country's Supreme Court after a lower court upheld the death penalty for a blasphemy ruling against a Christian mother of five children.
Winter temperatures challenge displaced Ukrainians, Caritas response
The Ukrainian capital enjoyed an Indian summer in early October, but the temperatures dropped dramatically in the middle of the month, making residents gasp and catching displaced people completely unprepared.
Sisters serving in South Texas ‘colonia’ win Lumen Christi Award
Three members of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ministering in Texas were named the winners of the Lumen Christi (Light of Christ) Award given each year by Catholic Extension.
Watch installation of Bishop Thomas in Toledo
Bishop Daniel Thomas will be installed as bishop of the Diocese of Toledo today at 2 p.m. in Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. Watch streaming video of the installation Mass through our links to the website of the Toledo Diocese or from station 13abc in Toledo.
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.”
Villa Maria Academy students receive honors
Seniors Emily Legaard and Kelly Wright have been named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists, and seven other seniors were named commended students in the program.
Family synod came to ‘real consensus,’ Cardinal Wuerl says
"The pope at the very beginning said speak with clarity and charity and listen with humility, and that's what happened," Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington said about the Oct. 5-19 Synod of Bishops on the family. He called its final report "a consensus document."
Talk reviews Philippines’ typhoon relief one year later
Catholic Relief Services will host a lunchtime reflection on the church’s relief work in the Philippines one year after Typhoon Haiyan on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Philadelphia. A CRS staffer will share her experiences and provide an update.
Church is growing in the far-off mission land of Mongolia
CatholicPhilly.com writer Lou Baldwin spoke by phone with the missionary bishop of the world’s youngest Catholic community. From zero Catholics at its founding 22 years ago, more than a thousand Catholics and their Mongolian compatriots are served by some 80 missionaries.