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Q&A tackles questions about vote on Communion document
A new webpage by the USCCB reviews four questions including why the document is being developed and whether the bishops voted to ban elected officials from receiving holy Communion.
Hundreds of bodies found at former Canadian residential school
Up to 751 unmarked graves have been discovered at the site of a Catholic residential school on Cowessess First Nation lands in Saskatchewan. The news comes weeks after the discovery of 215 children's bodies buried at another school in British Columbia.
Pandemic’s economic fallout must not stop Catholics’ generosity, pope says
International solidarity in funding the rebuilding of schools, hospitals and churches destroyed by war is important, Pope Francis said, but "we need to be concerned above all for the living stones who have been wounded and dispersed."
Amid the ashes of their church, St. Leo members find their parish
After losing their beloved building in a May 9 arson, hundreds of St. Leo members gathered for a June 19 Mass of remembrance celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Pérez, who said the fire could not destroy a community of hearts.
Sister Rita Josepha King, S.S.J., dies at 89
After attending Most Blessed Sacrament School and West Catholic High School in West Philadelphia, the former Joan Marie Ann King entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1951.
Msgr. James McDonough, pastor and leader, dies at 89
The West Philadelphia native was ordained in 1957 and served as a director of several archdiocesan offices, a regional vicar and pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish, Lansdale.
Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school
Miguel Bezos donated the scholarship funds to Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, which he attended after fleeing post-Revolution Cuba as an unaccompanied minor in the 1960s.
Archdiocese of Berlin suspends work of commission on sexual abuse
The temporary halt will pave the way to follow up on a legal report about sexual abuse in the archdiocese since 1946.
Celebrate freedom to live faith publicly, work to protect it, says bishop
As the Catholic Church in the U.S. marks Religious Freedom Week (June 22-29), Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge highlighted "the right to serve the common good" and the need to proclaim the truth "no matter the cost."
Sister Mary Theresa McFadden dies at 90
The Sister of Notre Dame de Namur was a Philadelphia native who ministered mostly in Maryland as a teacher, retreat guide and parish pastoral worker.