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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.
Food giveaway sparks ‘joy in the eyes’ of area families
A March 27 distribution sponsored by archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services at Holy Innocents Parish assisted hundreds still facing hunger despite recent stimulus checks.
At start of Minneapolis trial, Catholics pray for peace, fear unrest
A parish church only blocks from the site of the trial for the former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd gathers for daily prayer and is ready to board its windows if necessary.
New Staten Island Ferry boat to be named for Dorothy Day
By 2022 a new vessel of the ferry, which Day took on trips between lower Manhattan and Staten Island, will her bear her name. Her cause for sainthood is progressing.
Birmingham Diocese helping 60 families after spring tornadoes
Catholic Charities is working with dozens of Hispanic families whose homes were destroyed with most possessions and clothing lost, and language presenting a barrier to relief aid.
Jesus takes on human suffering to draw close to us, pope says
More amazing than the fact that Jesus "achieves glory through humiliation," said Pope Francis on Palm Sunday, is that he endures pain "for us, to plumb the depths of our human experience, all our evil."