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Cardinal Pell calls for ‘no doctrinal back-flips’ at next family synod
Looking ahead to the October 2015 world Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell said the task for Catholics "over the next 12 months" is to explain "the necessity of conversion, the nature of the Mass," and "the purity of heart the Scriptures require of us to receive holy Communion."
Ancillae-Assumpta Academy honors alumnus
Financial analyst Charles (Chuck) Minnich was inducted into Ancillae-Assumpta Academy’s Alumni Hall of Fame this month.
English cardinal’s pastoral letter addresses themes discussed at synod
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster asked Catholics to recognize the "real goodness" in the lives of many cohabiting couples and those who have divorced and civilly remarried.
Msgr. Albacete, a leader of Communion and Liberation, dies at age 73
Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete, a theologian, physicist, author and a leader of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation, died Oct. 24 in Dobbs Ferry after a long illness. He was 73.
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.”
St. Maximilian Kolbe Church hosts play on patron saint’s life
Leonard Difilippis performed his one-man play on the saint of Auschwitz Thursday, Oct. 23 for some 500 people at the West Chester parish church. The parish holds a special link and devotion to St. Maximilian.
Funeral rites set for Gloria Salvatore of Somerton
The wife of the late state Senator Hank Salvatore died Oct. 24 and will be buried after her funeral Mass at St. Christopher Church in Northeast Philadelphia.
‘Bludgeoned’ by all sides, family needs church for help, pope says
The family is under attack now more than ever because of today's culture of division that wants to break from and be free of all everlasting bonds and forms of solidarity, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis says Pope Benedict was a ‘great pope’
Retired Pope Benedict XVI is a perfect example of how intellectual knowledge and scientific curiosity do not lead a person further from God, but can strengthen their love for God and for his human creatures, Pope Francis said.
Church must reach out to gays, divorced, Philippine bishop says
The church must widen its reach to gays and divorced Catholics, said the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.