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Social workers ‘fierce, savvy’ advocates of human dignity
As National Social Worker Month wraps up, archdiocesan professionals reflect on what it takes to do one of the toughest -- and most important -- jobs.
Undeterred by COVID, St. Helena School puts passion play on video
Cancelled last year because of the pandemic, the living Stations of the Cross is a long tradition at the Catholic school in Blue Bell. This year it's a video production of the fourth grade classes.
Seniors get vaccinated at parish-based clinic
Dozens of older adults headed to St. Katherine of Siena in Northeast Philadelphia March 30 to receive their first Moderna jab, thanks to Catholic Housing and Community Services and Giant Pharmacy.
Pope grants embattled German archbishop leave of absence
Experts studying clergy sex abuse cases accused an archbishop, when he was a priest of the Cologne Archdiocese, of 11 breaches of duty, saying as he did not probe abuse allegations and failed to report them to civil authorities or the Vatican.
Unborn baby with poor prognosis surrounded with love, prayers, music
Although Fulton Joseph Hood has only a 5% chance to live after birth because of Potter's syndrome, don't expect gloom in the Hood household of Peoria, Illinois. His mom, dad and five siblings are praying and singing for a miracle.
Catholic leaders welcome eviction moratorium extension to June 30
The CDC said the extension was necessary to prevent millions of renter households from being forced from their homes in the coming weeks due to unpaid rent debt that one study estimates to be up to $52 billion.
Archbishop’s book tackles things ‘Christians should be willing to die for’
Retired Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput's new book takes a grand tour of the past, an unflinching look at the future and an urging for Christians to preach the Gospel clearly with "gusto" and joy to an America that's "in bad shape."
Adults with autism, caregivers receive vaccines at archdiocesan clinic
One thousand first doses of Moderna shots were administered at March 27 outreach organized by Catholic Social Services and the Eagles Autism Foundation, bringing "relief and peace of mind" to an underserved community.
Vatican sanctions retired Polish bishops over abuse cover-up
The prelates were ordered to live outside their dioceses, were forbidden to attend public religious celebrations or lay meetings and must pay into a Polish fund for survivors.
In Palm Sunday procession, joyful Iraqi Catholics called ‘heroes’
In places destroyed by the Islamic State, Syriac Catholics and their leader joined in a public procession 20,000-strong through the streets of Qaraqosh, Iraq on Palm Sunday.