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Advocates, editorials call on Biden to end federal death penalty
The death penalty has been getting attention across the country this year with legislation in several states aimed at limiting, repealing or even renewing capital punishment.
Catholic laypeople in Cologne Archdiocese demand local synod
The synod in Germany's largest diocese would improve communication, create a binding framework to address sexual abuse and involve participation by everyone, said a lay leader.
Life of Father Judge topic of Catholic history talk
William Portier will present the life of Father Thomas Judge (1868-1933) on April 20 via Zoom. Many are unaware of the pioneering priest for which an archdiocesan high school is named.
St. Charles Seminary buys 15-acre tract at Gwynedd Mercy University
The seminary’s relocation from its longtime Wynnewood campus took another step with the $13 million purchase -- $10 million from the seminary and $3 million from the Maguire Foundation.
Head of Irish bishops calls new law on Mass attendance ‘draconian’
Some churches in the Archdiocese of Armagh, Northern Ireland have been closed since Dec. 26 under regulations, but a new law makes public worship a criminal offense.
USCCB pro-life chairman calls HHS proposed rule on Title X ‘terrible policy’
The Biden administration proposes to rescind the Trump administration's enforcement of a provision that "draws a bright line between abortion and family planning," as a key bishop said.
Sister Francesca Onley dies; led Holy Family University for 33 years
True to her own motto, the Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth grew the Catholic university in Philadelphia "little by little" to great achievement. She died April 17 at age 88.
Sister Joan Grelis dies, was Sister of St. Joseph for 78 years
After graduating from Little Flower High School, she entered religious life in 1942 and would go on to minister in four dioceses, including in Philadelphia.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Kratzinger dies at 85
She was a Sister of St. Joseph for almost 68 years, ministering for all those years in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, primarily as a longtime teacher at archdiocesan high schools as well as St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.
Sister Cora Marie McGuire, M.S.B.T., dies at 91
The Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity spent 72 years of religious life primarily in religious education and parish life, from New England to the Mid-Atlantic states.