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Father James McLaughlin, longtime teacher in three high schools, dies at 70
The retired priest will be buried Thursday after a funeral Mass at Corpus Christi Parish, Lansdale, where he was assigned before he retired in 2010.
Local community projects benefit from national church collection
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, run by the U.S. bishops, will be taken up in archdiocesan parishes July 12-13. Fourteen organizations in the Philadelphia region won funding from last year's collection.
Brother to preach at funeral for late Msgr. Daniel A. Murray
The pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, North Wales, and former St. Charles Seminary rector died last week at age 76. The funeral Mass at will be celebrated by Archbishop Chaput and concelebrated by Msgr. Murray's priest friends and his brother.
Activists on both sides gather at court on day of Hobby Lobby ruling
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Dozens of activists gathered at the steps of the Supreme Court June 30, awaiting the court's much-anticipated decision on the constitutionality of the federal contraceptive mandate as it applies to for-profit businesses whose owners' object to it on religious grounds.
Protect Religious Freedom Restoration Act, faith leaders tell Congress
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A coalition of leaders representing different U.S. religious faiths said in a June 30 letter to congressional leaders they "are united in staunch support" to protect the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Court won’t hear case about war memorial with cross on federal land
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court June 30 declined to intervene in a long-running dispute over the Mount Soledad Cross war memorial located on federal land near San Diego.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia sells nursing homes for $145 million
Six skilled care homes and one independent living facility will retain their Catholic character under the agreement with Center Management Group. Net proceeds from the sale, expected to be $95 million, will address long-term financial issues of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
Msgr. Daniel Murray, former St. Charles Seminary rector and pastor, dies at 76
Archbishop Chaput will celebrate Msgr. Daniel A. Murray's funeral Mass at St. Rose of Lima Church, North Wales, on July 2. A parish Mass and viewing for St. Rose's pastor will be celebrated the night before.
Father James McLaughlin, former Navy chaplain, dies at age 70
The funeral Mass for Father James J. McLaughlin, a longtime teacher in archdiocesan high schools, will be celebrated Thursday, July 3 at Corpus Christi Church, Lansdale.
Three Israeli teens found dead, pope consoles families
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his participation in the "unspeakable suffering" of the families of three kidnapped Israeli teens whose bodies were found June 30 in Hebron, West Bank. After the boys' bodies were found, Israeli military launched what it described as "precision strikes" on 34 sites in the Gaza Strip.