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Webinar helps 120 young adults find health, growth during COVID isolation
With young adults facing isolation from their peers, family, work and church, an event by the Office for Ministry With Young Adults helped young people gain skills for psychological coping and spiritual growth during the pandemic.
Philadelphia archdiocese warning parishes about series of thefts
A Collegeville man was arrested for breaking into poor boxes at several churches. “If individuals have fallen on hard times, they needn’t be driven to thievery,” said a spokesman. “They need only ask for assistance.”
Greensburg’s new bishop is first native son to head the Pa. diocese
Archbishop Nelson Pérez was the principal consecrator of Bishop Larry Kulick, a parish priest and now the sixth bishop of the diocese that covers four counties in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Vatican expects budget deficit for 2021
A deficit of $60.3 million is expected for this year's budget, "heavily impacted by the economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic," said the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.
Peru’s bishops indignant over COVID-19 vaccine scandal involving nuncio
In what is being called "vaccine-gate," Peru's top leaders, plus the Vatican's ambassador to the country, received their shots from what was to be a clinical trial -- ahead of front-line workers.
Church leaps into response to severe weather as Lent begins
The lack of electricity due to Arctic-like conditions in the southern Plains led parishes in the region to cancel Ash Wednesday Masses and the distribution of ashes for the first time in memory.
Winter storm’s grip doesn’t stop ministries, outreach in Dallas Diocese
Catholic Charities agencies and parishes were continuing to care for the elderly, at-risk children and homeless people during the storm that caused widespread power outages and numerous cancellations.
Biden’s immigration plan begins long journey through Congress
Though pundits say the bill has little chance of becoming law, it shifts the debate by targeting aid to Central America and its corruption that causes people to migrate to the U.S.
Word change in Mass prayer takes effect on Ash Wednesday
Last May the Vatican informed the U.S. bishops that translated wording in a concluding prayer was incorrect. "One God, for ever and ever" will now read "God, for ever and ever."
DNR orders for Britons with learning disabilities called ‘immoral’
The imposition of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) orders on such patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.K. are "wholly unacceptable and immoral," said the bishops of England and Wales.