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Border wall Mass was dramatic, but was anyone in D.C. listening?
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The bishops who trekked through the desert, served dinner to deportees, celebrated Mass at the Mexican border and visited a morgue full of unidentified bodies found in the wilderness were intent on sampling and publicizing the harsh realities of what they repeatedly called the broken immigration system.
New York Catholic all-girls high school founded by U.S. saint to close
RYE, N.Y. (CNS) -- In the end, the declining numbers trumped the best efforts of enthusiastic alumnae and parents, committed staff and a religious congregation to save a New York school founded by an immigrant saint, but the 115-year legacy of Mother Cabrini High School will live on.
Franciscan Sister Kathleen McDonagh, native of Ireland, dies at 79
Sister Kathleen Patricia McDonagh, O.S.F., formerly Sister Etheldreda, died April 3 at age 79. She ministered in domestic work, child care, elder care and parish ministry during her 60 years as a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.
Sister Michel Graham dies after long ministry in Catholic high schools
Sister Michel Marie Graham, I.H.M., died March 29 in Camilla Hall, Immaculata, at age 87. She spent most of her 65 years of her religious life teaching in high schools, including in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Our Lady of Light: Helping the addicted in Darby to rise again
At Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, the pastor developed a new shrine to our Lady that has become a beacon for those recovering from addictions. He hopes not to have to bury so many people who died too young.
Panel looks at how economics, Catholic social thought view human person
CHICAGO (CNS) -- Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George opened the Lumen Christi Institute's sixth annual conference on economics and Catholic social thought by acknowledging the difficulty of the endeavor: that while economists can sit in the same room, share a dais even, it's unclear whether they are truly communicating.
Le Moyne’s new president is first laywoman to head Jesuit college
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) -- Linda LeMura, newly named president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, is the first laywoman to be appointed president of a Jesuit college or university.
Vatican sends bishop to Scotland to investigate Edinburgh Archdiocese
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than a year after Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien admitted to sexual misconduct amid allegations by three priests and a former priest, the Vatican Congregation for Bishops is sending an investigator to the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh to collect testimony.
Catholic parish, social services agency’s help ongoing after mudslide
ARLINGTON, Wash. (CNS) -- Catholic Community Services of Western Washington and Immaculate Conception Parish in Arlington are seeking donations and working hard to help those affected by the Oso mudslide, about 55 miles north of Seattle.
Top 10 most interesting popes who have been declared saints
One pope started the Easter celebration in Rome, another made Latin the language of the liturgy, and another stopped an invasion. Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, who will be named saints April 27, will be among only four popes canonized in the last 700 years.