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Morton parish stunned by loss of permanent deacon

Deacon David N. Fosbenner, 69, died last Saturday. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish where he was assigned will miss his good homilies, friendship and commitment to the parish, said its pastor.

Cardinal nixes Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics

In a book coming out just before October's extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell rules out proposed changes to church practice that would allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.

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.”

Seven clergy assignment changes announced

Archbishop Charles Chaput made the following changes in assignments for priests and deacons in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.

Sisters celebrate religious lives of adventure in service

Sister Rosemary Herron and Sister Rose Bernadette Mulligan reflect on a church culture that is different from that of years ago. As young women they didn’t know what they wanted to do, but found the religious life enjoyable.

From a far off land, they’re coming to Overbrook

Two young men have traveled 8,000 miles from Sri Lanka to study theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where they've been welcomed as brothers. They will return to minister at home, and all the seminarians will have learned about another culture.

Ministries to divorced, remarried strive to echo pope’s call for mercy

Divorce is never easy. From the realization that love has failed to feelings of shame and a tendency to assess blame, divorce poses an untidy conundrum for families even when a couple settles on an amicable legal separation.

Southern Africa: AIDS has left families headed by kids, grandparents

With the highest levels of HIV prevalence globally, southern African countries have seen families torn apart by AIDS, with children left to raise younger siblings and sick children left in the care of elderly grandparents.

Retired Sisters of Charity of New York to receive care at Jewish home

Twenty-six Sisters of Charity of New York will soon move into assisted living facilities at Jewish Home Lifecare in the Bronx after a multiyear study conducted by the religious congregation found it was "no longer feasible to continue doing our retirement ministry on our own."

Archbishop presents World Meeting documents, prayer, icon at Vatican

What Philadelphians celebrated two weeks ago in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, the rest of the world discovered today in Rome, Italy as Archbishop Charles Chaput presented the preparatory catechesis, prayer and iconic image for the 2015 World Meeting of Families to the Pontifical Council for the Family during a press conference at the Holy See’s press office in Rome.