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Willow Grove woman professes vows as Franciscan sister
Sister M. Anna Joseph Nelling, from St. David Parish, professed vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration during a Mass celebrated by Fort Wayne Bishop Kevin Rhoades in Indiana.
Join the march, and prayers, for life
Sept. 28 is the date for a march through center city Philadelphia to the cathedral, followed by a holy hour and the Mass for Life, all to foster greater respect for the sanctity of human life. Compelling pro-life speakers from all walks will highlight the rally.
Cardinal backs St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee as gay ban is lifted
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he continues to support the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee after it lifted a ban prohibiting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups from marching openly in the annual event.
Parish fights city to guard dignity of Baltimore’s homeless, poor
Father Dick Lawrence doesn't see homeless people through rose-colored glasses, but he doesn't close his eyes to them either.
Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause suspended
The canonization cause of Archbishop Fulton Sheen has been suspended indefinitely, according to a statement issued Sept. 3 by the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, where the archbishop was born.
Pastor says vandalism won’t impact relationship with Muslim community
Members of St. Bartholomew Parish and two other Protestant communities in Columbus discovered their church buildings vandalized when they arrived for worship the morning of Aug. 31.
Pope: Christians’ only bragging rights are being a sinner, being saved
Pope Francis said Christians should boast about only two things: that they are sinners and they have been saved by Jesus Christ.
Sister Mary Clark, an expert on St. Augustine, dies at 100
Sister Mary T. Clark, a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart who was an expert on St. Augustine, died Sept. 1 at Teresian House in Albany. She was 100.
Church cracks down on Catholics ensnared in murderous code of revenge
Hidden beneath Albania's long legacy of interreligious harmony and peace lie the turmoil and bloodshed of an ancient vigilante code that affects thousands of families, many of them Catholic.
Seven decades later, remembering monks massacred by Nazis
Seventy years ago Sept. 1, Nazi SS troops burst into the Certosa di Farneta, a Carthusian monastery in the central Italian region of Tuscany, and seized at gunpoint six monks and six lay brothers.