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Catholic groups challenge mandate on gender transition procedures
Several Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university and Mercy sisters who run health clinics filed suit in a federal appeals court to a requirement under the Affordable Care Act for performing gender transition procedures, and for insurance to cover them.
Diligent pro-lifer, Sandy Slater, dies
President of the Bucks County Pro-Life Coalition at the time of her death on Dec. 12, Ms. Slater's funeral Mass will be Monday, Dec. 20 at Isidore Church, Quakertown.
Allentown Diocese launches ‘How We Are Catholic’ video series
The videos showcase people, places, history, work and traditions that make up the Catholic family of faith in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ coming to two area churches this week
St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and St. Katharine of Siena Catholic Church will host the complete masterpiece with orchestra, chorus and soloists on Dec. 17 and 19, respectively.
Guadalupe Mass shows Mary ‘etched’ into hearts of faithful, says archbishop
Hundreds gathered Dec. 11 to honor a 16th-century Marian apparition in Mexico whose message of hope resounds throughout the world, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez.
Priest’s ‘yes’ to God changed his life, for good of his parishioners
Msgr. Frank Depman, 40 years a priest and pastor of a large parish for Hispanic Catholics, reflects on “the power of grace” in his ministry in a new video highlighting the good work of priests in support of the archdiocesan Vocation Office.
Pilgrims return to Guadalupe basilica but in smaller numbers
Millions of pilgrims like Jesús Martínez Aguilar, 68, who walked for two days to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, renewed a tradition and act of faith common across Mexico, even if they couldn't come in 2020. They came "to see the Virgin again," he said.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Gebhart, S.S.J., dies at 91
Formerly known as Sister Laurena, the Sister of St. Joseph entered the congregation in 1947 and would serve in the archdioceses of Philadelphia and Washington, and her native Diocese of Harrisburg.
Sister Eleanor McNichol, S.S.J., dies at 79
After growing up in Philadelphia's Mount Airy section and graduating from Cardinal Dougherty High School, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1960, taking the name Sister Eleanor Thomas. She served in six dioceses.
Sister Ann Muriel Ronan, S.S.J., dies at 96
After growing up in New York City she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1944. She ministered in six dioceses; in the Philadelphia area, at Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown and Little Flower High School, Philadelphia.