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Parishioners form self-defense groups in crime-ridden Mexican state
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Some at St. James the Apostle Parish formed self-defense groups earlier this year to protect themselves from extortion attempts and attacks by organized criminal groups in a rural pocket of Mexico's western Michoacan state. Others from the region known as Tierra Caliente fled to the United States, said Father Andres Larios, pastor at St. James in Coalcoman.
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Rosalyn Paye, 2, paints a pumpkin during a fall festival at St. John Bosco School in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Oct. 27. (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)
EWTN files second lawsuit against HHS mandate; Alabama is co-plaintiff
MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) — The Eternal Word Television Network, joined by the state of Alabama, has filed another lawsuit challenging the federal mandate requiring most employers to provide coverage of contraceptives, sterilizations and some abortion-inducing drugs free of charge. The suit was filed Oct. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]
In North Philadelphia, there’s Hope for middle schoolers
Finding a home can require patience and persistence. One person who knows that firsthand is Mercy Sister Rose Martin, executive director of Hope Partnership for Education. It took more than 10 years to find a permanent site in North Philadelphia for Hope Partnership, a private nonprofit middle school run as a partnership between the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy.
Parishioners learn the Catholic way of door-to-door evangelization
When sisters in traditional habit come knocking at the door of a home they almost always receive respectful treatment, re gardless of whether the people are practicing Catholics or not. But there is something to be said for lay ministers doing the work too, “because they are just like the people who open the door,” said Mother Carole Marie Troskowski, who led a training session for 50 Catholic parish leaders at SS. Simon and Jude Parish, West Chester.
Judge to face Lansdale for boy soccer championship
Father Judge shut out Archbishop Ryan’s boys soccer team in the semi finals on October 26. Later that day Roman Catholic High School suffered a heartbreaking defeat in overtime to Lansdale Catholic. Lansdale’s #13 junior Jake Saba fed the ball to #16 senior Michael Lewis who broke away to win the game. The championship game […]
Washington cathedral, site of Kennedy funeral in ’63, is ‘holy ground’
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On Nov. 25, 1963, a television audience of millions of people around the world prayerfully bid farewell to President John F. Kennedy, as his flag-draped coffin was placed before the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, during the funeral Mass for the slain president.
New Hampshire bishop supports state bill to repeal death penalty
CONCORD, N.H. (CNS) — Bishop Peter A. Libasci of Manchester declared his support of a bill in the state Legislature that would repeal the death penalty in New Hampshire. “What we must call for in a civilized society is not retribution but restitution,” Bishop Libasci said at an Oct. 24 press conference in Concord, the […]
Five Catholics acquitted of disorderly conduct at N.Y. drone base
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Five Catholics protesting U.S. drone warfare policies said they were stunned but relieved to be found not guilty of disorderly conduct for their roles in an Ash Wednesday demonstration at an upstate New York air base. "We were like, really?" said defendant Ellen Grady, a Catholic Worker from Ithaca, N.Y.
Franciscan Sister Ann Amrhein, longtime teacher in Harrisburg, Philadelphia
Sister Anne Amrhein, O.S.F., 87, (formerly Sister John Casimir) died Oct. 24 in Assisi House, Aston. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 66 years. Sister Anne was born in Baltimore where she was a member of St. Elizabeth Parish and a graduate of the Catholic High […]