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Cardinal George out of hospital, is receiving antibiotics for infection
CHICAGO (CNS) -- Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George was released from Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood the afternoon of March 21, according to a press release from the archdiocese.
Sex abuse survivor named member of Vatican commission
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, four women -- including a survivor of clerical sex abuse -- two Jesuit priests and an Italian lawyer are the first members of the new Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. It will help define the tasks of the commission and identify other potential members.
Jokes, quips, wisecracks: John XXIII lived with keen sense of humor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Blessed John XXIII, who will be made a saint April 27, is remembered by many for his warmth, simplicity, social conscience and sense of humor.
Beauty, sacredness of human life are seen in its fragility, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The fragility of human life is part of its beauty and is something people only really learn by being close to, sharing with and caring for those who are suffering, Pope Francis said.
Catholic college remembers legacy of long-serving religious sister
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Sister Mary George O'Reilly, alumna and former president of Rosemont College in Pennsylvania, always wanted to help her school, even in hospice.
Pope appoints British canon law expert to economic oversight council
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named Msgr. Brian Ferme, a former dean of the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, to be the new prelate secretary of the Vatican Council for the Economy.
Pope to Mafiosi: Turn away now from the road to hell
ROME (CNS) -- Surrounded by survivors of innocent people killed by the Mafia, Pope Francis made an emotional appeal to Italian gangsters to give up their lives of crime and avoid eternal damnation.
Prayers across archdiocese set for visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia
The four major Catholic shrines in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia invite everyone to join in a Holy Hour of prayer for the visit of the pope to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families in the city in 2015.
Thomas Eakins leaves the seminary
Paintings by the famous Philadelphia artist and others have been kept at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary for years. Now they will be sold to benefit ongoing restructuring at the seminary in keeping with its mission of priestly formation.
Long shot Little Flower beats the odds with first league swimming title
Only 10 years ago, the swim team was so small its very existence at the all-girls school was in question. All the sacrifices ever since have built a winning program.