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Sister Agnes Marie O’Brien, leader and hospital CEO, dies at 94
In her 66 years as a Franciscan sister, the former Sister Timothy Marie was a leader of her congregation and a Catholic hospital CEO in Baltimore and Trenton.
Father Thomas Furey, long-serving archdiocesan priest, dies at 74
Raised in West Philadelphia, after is ordination in 1973 he would serve faithfully as a parochial vicar at several parishes before being named pastor of Mother of Divine Providence Parish.
Federal court continues hold on Arkansas laws restricting abortion
The appeals court's ruling keeps in place a 2019 ruling that temporarily blocked the state from enforcing laws that ban abortions 18 weeks into pregnancy and where Down syndrome is detected.
Sister Teresa Volpe, I.H.M., longtime teacher, dies at 97
The former Sister Thomas Bernard taught in Catholic schools or parish religious education for 59 years. She was a Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 75 years.
Amid discussion to end death penalty, three executions halted
Sister Helen Prejean, a longtime death penalty opponent, was quick to temper any feeling of victory from a court's halt to scheduled federal executions, including that of Lisa Montgomery.
Augustinian Father Gus Esposito, teacher and mentor, dies at age 69
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Delaware County, the priest was a PhD Spanish professor, leader of Msgr. Bonner High School and spiritual director at St. Charles Seminary. Funeral rites are set for Friday and Saturday.
Young women bring Christ to Kensington streets
Three volunteers with Mission Youth Philly are giving a year of their lives to serve those battling poverty, addiction and homelessness in one of the city's most challenged neighborhoods.
Elected officials need a ‘public servant’s heart,’ Schwarzenegger says
The former Republican California governor and actor warned about America's signs of rising Nazism in a widely seen video. He also voiced support for President-elect Biden and unity.
Irish inquiry: Families mistreated unmarried moms; others complicit
A commission investigating the treatment of unmarried mothers in Ireland said the blame for their "harsh treatment" over 70 years rests with their families, but that both the church and state condoned this.
Human rights organizations call for solution to Bosnian migrant crisis
A Jesuit rights group was among those calling on the Bosnian government to care for some 1,000 migrants stranded in sub-zero temperatures awaiting relocation after their camp burned down.