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Taney Dragons lose a game, but everybody wins
A member of the Little League World Series team that stole the hearts of Philadelphia and the nation is a parishioner and student of St. Francis de Sales in West Philadelphia, where the community was moved by a special group of kids.
Archbishop Coakley drops lawsuit after stolen consecrated host returned
A stolen consecrated host that was at the center of a lawsuit filed by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley and intended for use at a planned Satanic "black mass" in Oklahoma City has been returned.
Philadelphia priest visits North Korea as silent ‘apostle of peace’
Pope Francis thanked an 81-year-old Maryknoll priest from West Philadelphia for his 51 trips to the country where religion is prohibited and few outsiders are permitted. Father Gerard Hammond brings medicines and wordless witness in an "apostolate of presence."
Pope phones family of slain U.S. journalist
Pope Francis called relatives of the late James Foley in a "long and intense" conversation Aug. 21 to console them for their loss and assure them of his prayers. Foley was killed by Islamic State militants in Syria.
Ebola, war or disaster: how, when global service groups decide to flee
When the Peace Corps announced in late July that it was evacuating its 340 volunteers from the three West African countries most affected by the Ebola virus, the action was far from a panic-driven decision, but instead followed a protocol.
As battles rage, Catholics in Ukraine request Independence Day prayers
As Ukrainians prepared to mark their Aug. 24 Independence Day under the cloud of fierce fighting in the East, Catholic leaders condemned the threat to Ukraine's territorial integrity and prayed for a speedy end to the hostilities.
Judge OKs ban on doctors prescribing abortion drugs via video system
An Iowa judge Aug. 19 upheld a state medical board's ban on a first-in-the-nation videoconferencing system that allows physicians in different locations to dispense abortion-inducing drugs to women in rural clinics.
Holy Cross School grads invited to gala
The Catholic school in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia will host its homecoming event Saturday, Sept. 13 beginning with Mass and followed by dinner and special events, all to benefit the school's scholarship fund.
At Mass, archbishop outlines steps to ‘dismantle systemic racism’
ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- With the strife and violence continuing in the aftermath of Michael Brown's shooting death by a police officer in Ferguson, more than 500 St. Louis Catholics gathered for a votive Mass for peace and justice Aug. 20 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
Catholic Church remains in dialogue with Muslims, bishops say
The U.S. bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs said the Catholic Church remains committed to dialogue with leaders of other religions and Muslims in particular.