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Medical Mission Sister honored for work with victims of human trafficking
Medical Mission Sister Teresita Hinnegan has long worked to end to human trafficking and teach women how to value themselves. Recently she made history through her efforts. She was awarded the first ever Dawn’s Place Life Time Achievement Award, recognizing her life’s work to empower women and stop violence against them, the Medical Mission Sisters announced Sept. 17.
Sister Mary Martin, S.H.C.J., longtime educator, dies at 86
Sister Mary Martin, who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) for 60 years, died Sept. 5 at Holy Child Center in Rosemont. She was 86. Born in Philadelphia, Sister Mary was one of 14 children of Josephine (Monaghan) and Lewis Martin. In 1945, she graduated from West Philadelphia High School and five […]
Website honored for excellence
CatholicPhilly.com won the Faith-Based Standard of Excellence award Sept. 12 from the Web Marketing Association. The news website of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was the only Catholic organization to win an award in the contest this year. Last year the Archdiocese of Detroit won the award in the faith-based category, making the two websites the only two Catholic dioceses in the United States to be so honored.
Governor, president declare Colorado’s flood zone disaster areas
DENVER (CNS) -- Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper declared a state of disaster emergency in response to massive flooding across 15 counties, from south of Colorado Springs to the Wyoming border, caused by several days of heavy rain fall that began Sept. 11.
Bishop tells House any cut in food aid has ‘human, moral consequences’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- How the U.S. House "chooses to address our nation's hunger and nutrition programs will have profound human and moral consequences," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
Retired archbishop is in critical but stable condition after stroke
SEATTLE (CNS) -- Retired Seattle Archbishop Alex J. Brunett remained in critical but stable condition in an intensive care unit at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue Sept. 16, four days after suffering a stroke and undergoing surgery.
Poles welcome native son’s sainthood
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A larger-than-life model of Blessed John Paul II as a younger man reaches out from the top of the exterior steps that ascend to All Saints Church, Warsaw's largest church.
Pope assures Rome priests that ‘sanctity is stronger than scandals’
ROME (CNS) -- Acting in his capacity as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis offered words of encouragement to his diocesan priests, assuring them that recent and current scandals cannot overcome the church's holiness and urging them to keep their vocations alive through love of God.
Bishops urge all Cubans to live in hope for a better future
HAVANA (CNS) -- In response to the "aspirations, the hopes and the frustrations of the children of God" the bishops of Cuba urged Cubans to embrace a vision for better future for their country.
Priest injured in latest acid attack in Zanzibar
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (CNS) -- A priest was hospitalized on the island of Zanzibar after acid was thrown at him, police said. The Sept. 13 attack left Father Joseph Mwaganbwa with injuries to his face, chest, thighs and legs, the Associate Press reported.