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Pope, at Marian shrine, entrusts Year of Faith, synod to Mary
LORETO, Italy (CNS) — During a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, Pope Benedict XVI formally entrusted to Mary the world Synod of Bishops and the Year of Faith. The pope was marking the 50th anniversary of Blessed John XXIII’s visit to the Marian shrine, about 175 miles northwest of Rome, when […]
Shanghai’s priests, nuns forced to attend government classes
SHANGHAI (CNS) — Priests and nuns in the Shanghai Diocese were forced to attend compulsory “study classes,” which observers believe were imposed by Chinese authorities in response to the new Shanghai auxiliary’s renunciation of the Catholic Patriotic Association. In September, approximately 80 diocesan priests and 80 nuns of the Our Lady of Presentation Congregation were […]
Religious orders say social media use spurs more interest in vocations
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Several religious congregations and organizations are taking advantage of social media to “introduce” individuals discerning a call to a vocation and the seminary, convent or monastery that fits them. With more than 1,400 likes on Facebook, the National Religious Vocation Conference takes full advantage of social networking, through its Vision Vocation Guide […]
Digital dilemma: Church needs to show how Gospel is best search result
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Having a Catholic presence online isn’t enough for effective evangelization, the Vatican said. The church must develop “a new way of thinking” in order to find ways that engage and help people meet Christ, it said. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications announced Sept. 29 that Pope Benedict XVI had chosen […]
Catholic media urged to help church find best way to use new media
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (CNS) — The new culture of communication requires that Catholic media rethink their approach, the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications told a Fort Wayne audience gathered to celebrate the centennial of Our Sunday Visitor. Archbishop Claudio Celli spoke about the Catholic Church’s focus on new evangelization and addressed new […]
Father Romano, pastor of Coatesville parish, dies at 84
Father Harry A. Romano, 84, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Coatesville, died Oct. 1. Born in Philadelphia, the son of the late Ignazio and the late Rose (DiTollo) Romano, he attended Thomas J. Powers School, Jones Junior High School and Northeast Public High School before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. […]
North Wales parish marks 25 years, and still growing
Parish names always have a reason. Maybe it is for the patron saint of the founding pastor’s mother, or of a bishop or the Pope, or any one of the titles of the Blessed Virgin. Mary, Mother of the Redeemer in North Wales belongs to the latter category, but in a unique way. Founded in […]
St. Charles falls in seminary soccer tourney
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary hosted the third annual Vianney Cup soccer tournament on Saturday Sept. 29. Prior to the start ofthe tournament, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, celebrated Mass at St. Martin's Chapel on Saint Charles' campus.
Conference to explore life, death of Pope John Paul I
DOUGLASTON, N.Y. (CNS) -- Experts from Europe and the United States will speak at an international conference focusing on the life of Pope John Paul I and his brief pontificate Oct. 12-13 at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. Speakers at the conference on "The True Pope John Paul I: A Man of Faith for Our Time" will include the pope's niece, Pia Luciani; Italian journalist Stefania Falasca, one of the prime movers in his sainthood cause; and Paul Spackman of Corwen, Wales, author of "God's Candidate: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul I."
Immaculata hosts open house for graduate programs
Immaculata University’s College of Graduate Studies will host an open house Wednesday, Oct. 17 in the Great Hall on the university’s campus. A buffet dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m., followed by an information session beginning at 6 p.m. The open house will provide attendees with the opportunity to meet faculty, staff and students, […]