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Religious sister helps troubled teens see ‘they are God’s children’
For some 30 years, Sister of St. Joseph Jean Santarone has counseled youth at a Catholic Social Services residence, opening their minds and hearts to "dreams that can come true."
Church likely to undergo a transformation in the post-pandemic era
Fewer people attending church will require a radical restructuring of parish life, said a Villanova University researcher. Leaders suggest the pandemic has invited more lay-led evangelization.
Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border
More than 8,000 teenagers and children, trekking across Central America to unite with parents and family in the U.S., are quickly filling up shelters on the border with Mexico.
Polish cardinal could face jail time for failing to report abuse
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, retired Krakow archbishop and longtime aide to St. Pope John Paul II, plus other bishops could face three years in jail for ignoring sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
Virginia bishops say allowing unlimited abortion is ‘deplorable policy’
By signing a measure that inserts abortion without limits into Virginia's health benefits exchange, Gov. Ralph Northam "has crossed yet another tragic threshold," said the heads of the state's two Catholic dioceses.
Bill aims to protect faith-based foster care, adoption providers
New legislation would support faith-based child welfare providers, including the Philadelphia Archdiocese, to place children in homes according to church teaching on marriage and family.
U.N. condemns Myanmar bloodshed; cardinal criticizes ‘brutality, violence’
Bloodshed in Myanmar is worsening as at least 38 people were killed in a crackdown on democratic protesters March 14, the same day the military rulers declared martial law in the capital city.
Top Knight says group is ‘force for good,’ bolsters men’s faith, families
Patrick Kelly, new global head of the Knights of Columbus, said he was drawn by its "strength of friendship. It was the opportunity to be friends with men who took their faith seriously."
Students reflect on pandemic through Christ’s passion
SS. Colman-John Neumann School in Bryn Mawr hosted a contemporary version of the Stations of the Cross, written by a religious sister who spent four months in COVID quarantine.
American Rescue Plan praised for helping ‘the most vulnerable among us’
While expressing "somber concern" over possible federal funding for abortion, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan called the new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief law "an extraordinarily practical way to help the American people."