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It’s about time: Kairos retreat open to public school students, home schoolers
Kate Greenhalgh loved the experience of retreats as a Catholic high school student. So she began an effort to offer them for all students. It has the archbishop's blessing, and the first regional Kairos retreat is in February 2014.
Pope Francis is third pope to win Time’s Person of the Year honor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is not seeking fame or accolades, but being named Time magazine's Person of the Year will make him happy if it helps attract people to the hope of the Gospel, said the Vatican spokesman.
Freshman leaders emerge at Bishop Shanahan
Thirteen members of the freshman class of Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown, were elected by their peers and installed as Student Council homeroom representatives and representatives-at-large Dec. 6 at the school.
Mandela ‘touched my heart, my soul, my life,’ says ex-fellow prisoner
JOHANNESBURG (CNS) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela looked down on the tens of thousands of people gathered at his memorial service in Johannesburg and smiled as he watched them celebrate his legacy, said Andrew Mokete Mlangeni, a Catholic who was imprisoned for decades with the late anti-apartheid icon.
Under Mandela, South Africa became beacon to world, says U.S. bishop
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Witnessing thousands of South Africans of all races vote in the first free elections after the fall of apartheid was a "great, life-changing experience" for Bishop John H. Ricard.
Supreme Knight honored for his efforts to advance Marian devotion
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson Dec. 9 received the Patronal Medal, an honor jointly bestowed Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and The Catholic University of America.
Sister Mary V. Cilurzo, M.P.F., dies at 93
Sister Mary V. Cilurzo of the Religious Teachers Filippini, 93, died peacefully after a long illness Nov. 29 at St. Joseph Hall, the Home Healthcare Facility of the congregation in Morristown, N.J.
To better feed the hungry, Catholic food program asks for help
Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has kicked off a $400,000 fundraising campaign. The hope is to provide more fruits, vegetables, grains and lean meats to the hungry residents of southeastern Pennsylvania.
Even in wealthy county, poor people struggle for food
Montgomery County's income levels are double those of Philadelphia. But the lines outside Catholic Social Services' food cupboard in Norristown attest to a persistent need for food. More than 4,100 residents received food there in November, up 20 percent from 2012.
Ukraine protest is spiritual movement, bishop says
ROME (CNS) -- When Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Borys Gudziak addressed the crowds in Kiev's Independence Square Dec. 8, he told the youth they could change the country, which is wracked by political corruption.