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Anne Wiesenhutter, Catholic school teacher for 40 years, dies at 68
Anne P. Wiesenhutter, 68, of Warwick, formerly of Hatboro, died Saturday, June 29 after a long battle with cancer. She was born July 27, 1944, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Mary and Henry Flood. She married Walter J. Wiesenhutter on Aug. 20, 1966. Anne Wiesenhutter graduated from St. Hubert’s High School, Philadelphia, in 1962. She […]
Beloved Deacon Joseph Cella, active city police sergeant, dies suddenly
Deacon Joseph M. Cella Jr., 56, a permanent deacon assigned to Our Lady of Consolation Parish in the Tacony section of Philadelphia, died suddenly, Tuesday, July 23. He was also a Philadelphia Police sergeant and an investigative supervisor for the Major Crimes Unit. He was planning to retire from the department next year.
Catholic ethicist to head international religious freedom commission
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Robert P. George, a Catholic legal scholar and ethicist who is the McCormick professor of jurisprudence at Princeton University, has been elected to head the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He was appointed to the bipartisan commission in 2012 by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and is serving his first term as a commissioner.
Agencies address realities of human trafficking among teenage victims
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With an estimated 27 million people being trafficked around the world for sex and labor throughout the year, according to the State Department, it's not easy to crack down on the lucrative trade in people.
Catholics, Pentecostals share belief in ‘healing power of Jesus’
RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) -- Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh said the latest session of the international Catholic-Pentecostal dialogue allowed leaders of the two religions "to renew our common faith in the healing power of Jesus," who "continues to demonstrate his love and miracles in our midst." Seven Catholics and four Pentecostals gathered July 14-19 in Baltimore for the third session of the sixth phase of the dialogue.
On stormy seashore, pope invites young people to follow Jesus
RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- Even at its stormiest, the Sea of Galilee doesn't have waves like those pounding Copacabana beach, but Pope Francis asked young Catholics to imagine they were with Jesus on the seashore and he was asking them to follow him and share his love with others.
Argentines flock to Rio cathedral to see their cardinal-turned-pope
RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- The streets surrounding the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian were filled with a sea of blue and white flags. The Argentines had come to town.
Pope prays for victims of train wreck in Spain; Virginia woman killed
UPDATED - VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis sent condolences to the archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, after a train crash left at least 80 dead and more than 100 injured.
Final WYD events relocated because of rain, mud
RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- The culminating events of World Youth Day have been moved from their planned location in Guaratiba, 30 miles outside the city, which three days of heavy rain has reduced to a field of mud. The new venue for a prayer vigil and final Mass, scheduled for July 27 and 28 respectively, will be the city's Copacabana beach.
At Rio hospital, pope offers drug addicts an embrace and a challenge
RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- Pope Francis addressed a group of recovering drug addicts in a working-class neighborhood of Rio, offering them a message of compassion and hope as well as a call to self-determination.