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Holy Fathers: Is being pope a shortcut to sainthood?
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "They call me Holy Father and that is what I must be," the future St. John XXIII wrote in his diary.
‘American Bible Challenge’ game show revs up for third season
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- America still loves a good TV game show, as "The American Bible Challenge" has demonstrated. It's the highest-rated program on cable's Game Show Network, which specializes in this kind of thing.
Catholic professionals host Gary Zimak as speaker for event
The Catholic Professionals of Philadelphia will host a networking event featuring the popular Catholic evangelist and author on May 13 at MEI Catering Twining Hall in Trevose, Bucks County.
Science tests faith at Bucks County parish
St. John the Baptist Parish in Ottsville, Bucks County, invites everyone to a two-day event May 12-13 that will scientifically examine miracles of faith.
St. Bridget parishioners to pray Divine Mercy Chaplet
All are welcome to pray the sung devotion at 3 p.m. on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, at the church in East Falls.
Mind of a scholar, heart of a priest
As Deacon David Waters prepares for his priestly ordination next month, friends recall his keen intellect and debating skill, and deep love of the Eucharist, even as a teenager at Downingtown East High School. See the first in our series of profiles of the six young men to be ordained priests for the archdiocese on May 17.
In Holy Land, it’s ‘I am Christian’; denominations aren’t so important
JIFNA, West Bank (CNS) -- Suheir Saliba was running late as she prepared to go to the Easter Divine Liturgy with her husband, Aimad Kamal, and his family.
Pope sends Easter eggs to sick children, gifts to the homeless
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis donated 150 brightly wrapped chocolate Easter eggs to children at a pediatric hospital near the Vatican. He also had 200 food packages delivered to poor families, and gave homeless people a signed Easter card in an envelope with money.
Share Easter’s ‘unconditional, faithful love’ with others, pope says
In his Easter message to 150,000 people in Rome, Pope Francis prayed that the risen Lord would "help us to overcome the scourge of hunger, aggravated by conflicts and by the immense wastefulness for which we are often responsible."
At Easter, Mideast patriarchs call for peace, especially in Syria
BEIRUT (CNS) -- Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East, in their Easter messages, appealed for peace in Syria and expressed hope that the region would experience a resurrection.