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Father Dennis Boyle, former Navy chaplain and pastor, dies at 75
Ordained in 1973, he served as a chaplain from 1989 to 2008, then as pastor of St. Jerome Parish in Philadelphia until 2015. He will be laid to rest Sept. 4 at St. Charles Borromeo Church, Drexel Hill.
Local faithful team up with Knights, nonprofit to send monstrances to Pakistan
The donation, announced during an Aug. 22 Mass for archdiocesan Pakistani Catholics, is part of a global effort to “get people back on track" by spending time in eucharistic adoration.
Catholic Charities agencies flooded with calls for storm relief
With several Northeast states now joining metropolitan regions in the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida-related disaster areas, Catholic Charities agencies are using digital workaround solutions to maximize their outreach.
Catholic schools fill backpacks, throw party for fellow students
St. Joseph's Preparatory School and the Gesu School recently teamed up to make sure area kids have the supplies they need for the new academic year -- including hot dogs and a moon bounce.
Former Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty to sex abuse
The 91-year-old defrocked and disgraced prelate heard shouts of protesters as he headed into court to face charges he sexually assaulted a teenager in the 1970s, even as new lawsuits have been filed against him.
U.S. bishops’ Labor Day statement calls for economy that works for all
Even amid signs of recovery despite the continuing pandemic, the "present ills of our economy" invite Catholics to propose creative responses to vital human needs in a post-pandemic world, said a key bishop.
SS. Simon and Jude Parish to mark 60 years
The parish in West Chester will celebrate its milestone anniversary with an outdoor Mass and festivities under a tent on Sunday, Sept. 12.
Book study on contemplative prayer runs Sept. 15-Oct. 27
Daylesford Abbey, Paoli is hosting the seven-session program led by Norbertine Abbot Emeritus Ron Rossi that explores the book, "Contemplating Christ: The Gospels and the Interior Life."
Arrests made in blaze that destroyed former Northeast Phila. church
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has charged four juveniles with setting a May 9 fire that gutted St. Leo Church, once the treasure of the city's Tacony neighborhood.
HUD secretary tours new archdiocesan senior complex, announces housing plans
Marcia Fudge joined state and local officials Sept. 1 at St. Rita Place in South Philadelphia, where she highlighted the nation's housing crisis and how the Biden-Harris Administration plans to address it.