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King of Prussia regional school sets ‘Tuesday Tours’ of school
Mother Teresa Regional Catholic School in King of Prussia will begin hosting “Tuesday Tours” on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. Parents will have the opportunity to tour the school while classes are in session, meet the principal, talk one-on-one with teachers, meet the CARES directors and place their name on the waiting list for […]
Acclaimed Russian pianist to perform Beethoven, Chopin works at Berwyn church
St. Monica Parish, Berwyn, welcomes virtuoso pianist Svetlana Smolina to the Music at Monica’s series with cellist Adrian Daurov at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at the church located at 63 Main Avenue in Berwyn. They will perform a program of Beethoven sonatas for piano and cello and works by Chopin, Franck, Ginastera, Liszt, Piazzola and […]
Catholics must learn to make mission a priority, says Boston cardinal
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The United States is experiencing a "transition from a strong cultural Catholicism to an intentional Catholicism," and that requires "a new evangelization (that) responds to the questions of today," said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley.
Pope’s embrace was heavenly, says man with disfiguring disease
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For someone who has frequently been shunned and humiliated because of a disease that has severely disfigured his entire body, receiving the pope's loving embrace was like being in paradise. Vinicio Riva, who is afflicted with neurofibromatosis, said his brief encounter with Pope Francis Nov. 6 at a general audience in St. Peter's Square "seemed like forever."
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A 6-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy hold their soft toys Nov. 19 in the devastated waterfront shanty town of Guiuan, Philippines, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. (CNS photo/Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters)
‘Bishop Bling’ pays fine in perjury case
HAMBURG, Germany (CNS) -- The so-called "luxury bishop" or "Bishop Bling" of Limburg agreed to pay a fine of 20,000 euros rather than contest charges that he perjured himself before the Hamburg District Court.
Bishops: To respond to pope’s call for mission, parishes need new model
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Ontario, recalled once having a parish that needed a new furnace and was considering hiring a youth pastor. The parishioners raised $90,000 in three weeks for the furnace, but failed to find funds for the youth pastor, figuring there were few young people to serve. Archbishop Prendergast cited the story as an example of "the maintenance model of the church versus a missionary model of the church." It's a model that has been deployed by too many dioceses in the United States and Canada and one that some senior clergy recognize as outdated and doing nothing to put people in church pews or contribute to parish life -- much less increasing the kingdom of God.
Religious liberties worldwide in ‘crisis,’ says U.K. cabinet minister
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Attacks and threats to religious liberties throughout the world has "become a global crisis," declared Britain's cabinet-level minister of state for faith and communities. Sayeeda Warsi, an official in British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party government, said, "The religious fault lines are being exploited" in country after country.
Sheryl Crow sings at St. Mary’s event for breast cancer survivors
St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne and radio station 92.5 FM WXTU partnered for the first time to offer a special recognition luncheon honoring breast cancer survivors Nov. 13 at the Triumph Brewery in New Hope. About 30 survivors and a guest were invited to the special luncheon, which included an empowering and inspirational program […]
Call to ‘ask not …’ still resonates in commitment to public service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 50 years ago this week, admonished Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." He didn't live to see how it played out, but there are plenty of people trying to keep his vision alive.