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Devon Prep students, faculty reenact last hours of Christ
Aa group of juniors and seniors and several faculty members helped the school community prepare for Easter by presenting the Living Stations of the Cross on April 13, a dramatization of Jesus’ journey to Calvary leading up to his crucifixion.
Notre Dame Academy names new principal
Dr. Judith A. Dwyer has been named the fourth president and chief executive officer of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, effective July 1.
Catholic young adults discuss love of faith, desire to ‘share it with others’
Three Chestnut Hill College graduates led a panel discussion in which they shared their own journeys of faith, and what they see as the biggest issues for their fellow Millennial Catholics.
Jesus ‘knows what you are going through,’ Cardinal Dolan tells inmates
FALLSBURG, N.Y. (CNS) -- At an upbeat Mass in a maximum security prison, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said Holy Week resonates with inmates, who can relate to Jesus' arrest, captivity and trial.
Pope advances causes of Franciscans, missionary, Redemptorist priest
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four people, including a Franciscan priest and a lay Franciscan.
Malta Parliament passes same-sex marriage, adoption
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After a controversial vote in parliament April 14, Malta became the latest country to recognize same-sex unions as the legal equivalent of marriage, and to permit adoption by same-sex couples.
Imitate Jesus’ humility, thank him for it during Holy Week, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus' resurrection "isn't the happy ending of a beautiful fairytale, it isn't the happy ending of a film," but is the result of the loving intervention of God, who wanted to give humanity hope and salvation, Pope Francis said. (Watch a video of the pope's suggested Holy Week devotion.)
Needs for money, volunteers building for World Meeting of Families
A meeting April 15 drew the Philadelphia region's top business and civic leaders to hear a pitch for tens of millions in needed funding, and 7,000 volunteers, for the Sept. 22-27, 2015, World Meeting of Families event in Philadelphia.
Vatican was not ordered to appear before U.N. committee, spokesman says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's scheduled May appearance before a United Nations committee monitoring adherence to an anti-torture treaty is being done willingly and not because church officials were ordered to appear for questioning, the Vatican spokesman said.
Colorado bishops urge state lawmakers to oppose ‘radical’ abortion bill
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- The three Catholic bishops of Colorado sent letters April 14 to state legislators urging opposition to a bill aimed at defining abortion as a fundamental right in the state of Colorado.