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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.
Dallas bishop calls decision to house Ebola victims the ‘right thing to do’
Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said that he followed the teaching of Christ and stepped in to house the fiancee of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan and three others for several weeks at a diocesan facility because when no one else would.
St. Maximilian Kolbe play coming to Northeast Philadelphia
St. Timothy Parish will host a theatrical presentation about the life of the "saint of Auschwitz" on Friday, Oct. 24.
Archbishop Chaput to speak at Chamber luncheon
The archbishop will be the guest speaker at a Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Friday, Oct. 31.
Fall Ball fundraiser aids scholarships
The Catholic Business Network of Greater Philadelphia's event on Friday, Oct. 24 will support its archdiocesan high school scholarship program.
Family synod’s dynamics recalled Vatican II
In both the recent synod of bishops and the Second Vatican Council, a charismatic pope called an assembly early in his pontificate seeking to preach the Gospel in terms of contemporary culture and apply Catholic teaching with mercy.
Catholics debate how hard to hit ISIS in Middle East
From scholars to Catholics in the pews, people are discussing whether and how much military force should be used in the Middle East to protect defenseless people from violent Islamic State extremists. (Watch a related video)