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Villanova gets busy in 7th annual Day of Service
Villanova University partnered with local service organizations and neighborhood agencies throughout the Greater Philadelphia region on Saturday, Sept. 22 in celebration of the university’s seventh-annual St. Thomas of Villanova “Day of Service.” More than 4,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and their families took part in projects at 140 sites ranging from serving meals and packaging food for hunger relief organizations to neighborhood clean-ups and tree plantings.
Catholics must take action to protect religious liberty, speakers urge
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CNS) — Religious liberty is facing such grave threats in the United States that Catholics must take immediate and courageous action to defend fundamental values both in the public forum and in the privacy of the voting booth, according to speakers at a Sept 20 forum. More than 400 people assembled at St. […]
St. Barbara Social Trendsetters Annual “Flea Market”
Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Parish Yard 54th Street & Lebanon Avenue. Phila., PA 19131 215-473-1044 $10.00 per space (bring your own table or set-up) vendors set-up is 8:00 AM. Call for a space. Food & Beverages sold by the Social Trendsetters only.
At 100, she goes up and away for her birthday
So there you are coming up on your 100th birthday, and someone asks, “What is the one thing you want most for your birthday?” There happens to be a very good local organization, the Twilight Wish Foundation, that tries to grant such wishes to senior citizens within reason. A few months ago they were visiting […]
Papyrus fragment with reference to Jesus’ ‘wife’ stirs debate
ROME (CNS) — Scholars are unlikely to agree anytime soon on the authenticity of a newly published text containing a reference to Jesus’ “wife.” But the tiny papyrus fragment, purportedly dating to the fourth century A.D., has already stirred interest in the early church’s attitudes toward marriage, sex and the role of women. The fragment […]
Civil suits ‘not best mechanism’ to address abuse, says archdiocese
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Philadelphia archdiocesan officials said a new round of civil lawsuits filed Sept. 18 “are not the best mechanism to promote healing in the context of the very private and difficult circumstances of sexual abuse.” “We have not received copies of the cases that the plaintiffs have said they intend to file, so […]
Vatican synod to examine when divided Christians can preach together
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The potential power, but also the limits, of an ecumenical proclamation of the Gospel and defense of Gospel values is likely to be a key topic during October’s world Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization. The ecumenical focus will be particularly sharp Oct. 10 when — at the personal invitation […]
Marking Jewish holy days, pope urges joint sharing of faith values
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI expressed hope that Christians and Jews would bear witness to the whole world of the values that stem from adoring one God. In a telegram to Chief Rabbi Riccardo di Segni of Rome to mark the Jewish high holy days, the pope sent his greetings to members of […]
Bishop talks about Catholicism to crowd of Latter-day Saints students
OREM, Utah (CNS) — More than 1,000 students at the Orem Institute of Religion at Utah Valley University packed a lecture hall Sept. 18 to hear Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City speak about the Catholic faith. Bishop Wester’s visit was at the behest of the university’s LDS Student Association Interfaith Committee, which […]
Teachings on baptism, Trinity make Mormons different from Protestants
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With Mitt Romney at the top of the Republican Party presidential ticket and Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, the Republicans for the first time do not have a Protestant on the ticket. Ryan, the vice presidential candidate, is Catholic. GOP presidential hopeful Romney is a member of the Church of […]