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Sister Mary Bentz taught for 40 years in Philadelphia, Allentown schools
The Immaculate Heart sister from West Reading died April 28 at age 86.
Church program helps Cuban entrepreneurs develop private businesses
HAVANA (CNS) -- Cuban entrepreneurs are learning the ins and outs of running a private business thanks to the two-year-old Cuba Emprende program in two Catholic dioceses.
Catholic hospital damaged in bombing by Sudanese air force, bishop says
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Catholic-run hospital in the Nuba Mountains of war-torn South Kordofan in Sudan was targeted by the Sudanese air force over two days, said a retired bishop.
Devon Prep freshman aces interview with Catholic Phillies pitcher
Justin De Fratus, an up-and-coming pitcher in the Phillies' system, spoke about his devout faith and membership in Catholic Athletes for Christ with Devon Prep freshman Joe Orsatti, who turned the interview into a class project for which he got an A.
Vatican official rebukes U.S. nuns’ group for ‘fundamental errors’
Updated - At meeting with LCWR officials, Cardinal Gerhard Muller voiced "increasing concern" about the group's promotion of the "concept of conscious evolution," describing it as "opposed to Christian revelation."
Supreme Court ruling allows prayers before public meetings
In their 5-4 decision, the judges noted a historical precedent to opening local legislative meetings with a prayer and stressed that the predominantly Christian nature of the prayers in the New York town were not coercive to those in attendance.
15,000 rally in Ireland, pledge to work for repeal of abortion law
Ahead of local and European elections set for May 23, speakers encouraged supporters not to back politicians that supported the laws which, for the first time in Ireland, permit abortion in certain circumstances.
U.N. Committee Against Torture asks Vatican about sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Appearing before a U.N. committee monitoring adherence to an international treaty designed to fight torture, Vatican officials repeatedly were asked about efforts to investigate allegations of clerical sexual abuse, punish offenders and cooperate with civil authorities in prosecuting the perpetrators.
Help on the road to health
Parents with sick children have enough on their minds without adding hotel bills during their stay for treatment at a hospital. So the Kolbe Fund – named for an Exton boy who is beating cancer – was begun last year to help families like his.
Cardinal O’Malley: Sex abuse panel to stress accountability, education
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The new papal commission for protecting minors from clerical sex abuse will recommend stricter standards for accountability of abusers and those who fail to protect children, and will fight widespread denial of the problem within the church, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.