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Pope calls for peace, religious freedom
World Day of Peace message By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Opening 2011 with a strong call for religious liberty, Pope Benedict XVI condemned deadly attacks against Christians and announced a new interfaith meeting next fall in Assisi, Italy. At a Mass Jan. 1 marking the World Day of Peace and a blessing […]
Ivy League senior will attend Seminary
More information about National Vocation Awareness Week By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Eric Banecker of Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in South Philadelphia received an early Christmas present this past December. The 21-year-old, presently a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, was informed that he has been accepted to St. Charles Borromeo […]
Church made memorable news in nation and world
Local Catholic news stands out in 2010In 2010, pope faced tough challenges inside and outside the church JANUARY Haiti quake precipitates calls for prayer, rapid and generous relief effortsPope Benedict XVI prayed for victims of a massive earthquake in Haiti and urged the international community to provide generous assistance to the stricken population of the […]
What is the Mass?
A concise answer to this question is found in the fifth “Luminous Mystery” of the Rosary proposed by Pope John Paul II: “The institution of the Eucharist as the sacramental expression of the Paschal Mystery.” At the Last Supper, the night before He died, offering Himself to the Father for our salvation, Jesus instituted the […]
Local author adapts Narnia book to play
Web ExclusiveBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As the third installment of C.S. Lewis’s children’s series “The Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” hits theaters, it is worth mentioning that the first volume published, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” was acted on the stage in 1985, 20 years before that […]
Narnia: ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
By Bill DonaghyCatholic Currents Narnia … the very word holds a power over countless readers. With it comes a thirst for adventure, a return to youth, and a longing to peer over the world’s edge into “Aslan’s Country.” Now with the release of the third film based on the Narnia series, “The Voyage of the […]
Mass obligations for Christmas, Saturday, Dec. 25
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Christmas Day, Dec. 25, falls on a Saturday this year. Catholics fulfill the holy day of obligation for Christmas, the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, at Christmas Eve vigil Masses (no earlier than 4 p.m.) and at any Masses celebrated on Christmas Day. Christmas is a holy […]
Cardinal Rigali creates advisory cabinet
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The nearly completed archdiocesan Capital Campaign has successfully garnered more than $200 million in gifts and pledges to assist the Archdiocese into the future in its various ministries. In addition to much-needed funding it has served to increase awareness of these ministries and galvanize community leaders to become more […]
‘Whose birthday is it anyway?’
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Face it, the idea that Advent is not just a time to serially light four pretty candles but a season of prayer and preparation is foreign to a good many people. At West Philadelphia Catholic High School, where 85 percent of the student population is not Catholic, it is […]
Faith cornerstone of shop, owner
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to The CS&T Ava Puma once earned a six-figure income and drove a Porsche. She lived the good life until a terrible accident changed her forever. Now, she said, she lives a more blessed life. Puma is the owner of the Ave Maria Shop, a vast Catholic religious store in Morrisville that […]