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Argentine bishops urge lawmakers to reflect ahead of abortion debate
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 40,000 lives in Argentina, and 50% live in poverty, as lawmakers "are thinking with selfishness of eliminating children" by legalizing abortion.
Mass offered for healing of Native Americans hurt by ‘historical trauma’
A priest who leads efforts to serve Native Americans called for a new and inculturated evangelization to counter their "grim circumstances" today, stemming from 150 years of genocidal policies and racism.
Biden’s HHS pick praised for backing ACA, criticized on abortion
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, tapped to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has stirred the partisan fires President-elect Joe Biden says he hopes to quell.
#iGiveCatholic Giving Day breaks record on fundraising
The sixth annual nationwide Catholic fundraising day Dec. 1 raised nearly $13 million from more than 48,000 donors to meet needs that "are especially acute during this time of global suffering."
Students with visual impairments ‘see in different way,’ says archbishop
During a Dec. 9 visit, Archbishop Nelson Pérez told students of the archdiocesan St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments they have gifts to discern what others can't.
St. Charles Seminary agrees on relocation plan to Gwynedd Mercy University
The first steps have been taken toward relocating the seminary’s programs on a 15-acre tract of the university’s Lower Gwynedd, Montgomery County campus. The seminary's 75-acre Wynnewood campus was sold last year.
Cathedral to host virtual Christmas concert Dec. 13
All are invited to join in the Cathedral Basilica Schola and instrumentalists for the “Prayer for Peace” concert. Tickets may be purchased now and throughout the Christmas season.
Msgr. James Connelly, pastor and historian, dies at 89
The longtime pastor of Stella Maris Parish in South Philadelphia was also a seminary professor, secretary to Cardinal Krol and editor of the 1976 "History of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia."
Youth journey together (with experienced guides) through Advent series
Sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for Cultural Ministries and several parish partners, weekly online reflections challenge participants to be "the now of God" while awaiting Christ's birth.
Sister Mary Christopher McBride, I.H.M., dies at 96
The Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary spent most of her 77 years in religious life teaching in Catholic schools -- since 1945 -- in Virginia and Pennsylvania.