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European, U.S. bishops ask governments to work for sustainable world
Catholic leaders "on both sides of the Atlantic" prayed for "a renewed transatlantic partnership" featuring better working conditions and trade policies, help for poorer nations and arms control.
Effort to end human trafficking builds in West Africa
Participants in a conference from Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso are strengthening networks to protect young people forced into prostitution, pornography, erotic entertainment and labor.
High court decision deals blow to immigrants with temporary status
Some 400,000 immigrants from countries such as El Salvador, Haiti and Myanmar cannot remain permanently in the U.S. if they first entered without authority to do so, the Supreme Court ruled June 7.
Delegation visits empress buried in Center City parish graveyard
Dignitaries recently paid tribute to Ana María Huarte de Iturbide, Mexico's first empress, who rebuilt her life in exile by becoming a faithful parishioner at St. John the Evangelist in Philadelphia.
Appointment signals preparation for National Eucharistic Revival
Father Jorge Torres, a priest of Orlando, Florida, will help implement a planned multiyear series of activities centered on the Eucharist. It will begin next summer and be capped possibly by a National Eucharistic Congress in 2024.
30 archdiocesan students noted for academic excellence
Of the rising seniors recognized as National Merit Recognized Students, 16 are also Neumann Scholars recognized by the Connelly Foundation and awarded scholarships to attend archdiocesan high schools.
Catholic high school graduations set across region
See the baccalaureate Masses and commencement ceremonies planned for each of the 17 high schools of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, along with the celebrants and presiders.
Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes
Military fire hit Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church June 6. The church's walls were badly damaged and the windows were broken by the shelling, but there were no casualties as people had fled to relatives' homes and into the jungle.
Priesthood always involves closeness with the faithful, pope says
Priests must wish to serve "the holy people of God" as pastors by being "able to live, laugh and cry with your people -- in other words, to communicate with them," Pope Francis told a group of priests studying in Rome.
Nun slain by three teenagers in satanic sacrifice beatified as martyr
Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, "who loved young people more than anything, and who loved and forgave those same girls imprisoned by evil, leaves us her program for life: do every little thing with faith, love and enthusiasm," Pope Francis said.