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Art and the meaning of life: Priests help visitors to Vatican Museums
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church teaches that beauty can be a path to God, and in an attempt to make that path easier for visitors to follow, the Vatican Museums have assigned two priests to guide the searching. Or just to talk. “Art and faith: A priest for you,” says the sign on […]
Papal book completed; new encyclical also possible
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has finished the third volume of his opus, “Jesus of Nazareth,” and perhaps also will publish an encyclical letter during the upcoming Year of Faith, said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state. The cardinal, Pope Benedict’s top collaborator, told reporters Aug. 1 that the pope had finished […]
Medical Mission Sisters mark 540 years of service
Nine North American Medical Mission Sisters will be honored at a special Mass and reception Aug. 15 at their order’s headquarters at 8400 Pine Rd. in Northeast Philadelphia’s Fox Chase section. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of their first profession of vows are Medical Mission Sisters Bernadine Cupen, Nina Fritsch, Benet Gilland, Karen Gossman, Katharine Heidkamp, […]
Club hosts Notre Dame football trip
The South Jersey Notre Dame Club is sponsoring a Notre Dame vs. Purdue football trip to the South Bend, Ind., campus Sept. 7-9. The package includes a game ticket, two-night stay at Sacred Heart Parish center on the University of Notre Dame campus Friday and Saturday night, a Knights of Columbus party Friday evening and […]
Everyone can pray, have relationship with God, pope says at audience
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Everyone is given the grace to pray, which is the only way to have a life-giving relationship with God, Pope Benedict XVI said. Resuming his weekly general audiences after a month-long break, Pope Benedict continued his series of talks on prayer Aug. 1. (Watch a video of the audience.) The […]
Federal appellate court blocks Arizona’s ban on late-term abortions
PHOENIX (CNS) — In a blow to Arizona’s recently enacted late-term abortion ban, a three-judge panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco has blocked a key provision of the law from taking effect. The Mother’s Health and Safety Act, passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed into law […]
Syrian refugees face ‘terrible’ situation, Catholic aid workers say
BEIRUT (CNS) — Refugees from Syria are in “complete darkness” about their future, said an official with Caritas Lebanon. Father Simon Faddoul, president of Caritas Lebanon, which has been working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon for 14 months, said there was a large influx of people during the last week of July as more than […]
They came by faith: Black Catholic Congress draws 2,800
On July 18 many Catholic faithful from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia departed for the National Black Catholic Congress XI, in Indianapolis,Indiana. The Philadelphia contingent, numbering over 110, traveled by bus, car and train to join with approximately 2,800 other Black Catholics and Catholics who work in the Black apostolates from all over the United […]
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish preps for festival
A community festival will take place on the grounds of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Thursday, Aug. 23 through Saturday, Aug. 25 from 6 to 11 p.m. The Blessed Teresa Festival will feature amusement rides by Tons of Fun, live music nightly, children’s games, adult games of chance, bingo, a Business Expo, raffles, Beer & […]
Feast of the Assumption feted in West Chester
The 93rd annual celebration of the Feast of the Assumption will be celebrated in West Chester on Sunday, Aug. 12, preceding the Aug. 15 feast day. The celebration begins with Mass at 9 a.m. at St. Agnes Church, 231 West Gay St. in West Chester, followed by a Communion breakfast at the Elk’s Lodge, Wayne […]