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Young adults with disabilities get a home of their own
Dedicated Oct. 23, St. Philomena Cottage is "a dream realized" that offers a balance of care and independence to grown-up residents of St. Edmond's Home for Children.
McGivney family members, many others ‘thrilled’ Knights’ founder is beatified
John Walshe remembers the unveiling of the Father Michael J. McGivney statue in downtown Waterbury, Connecticut, when he was in eighth grade. Dozens of years later, he was one of the few to attend the beatification Mass for his relative, now-Blessed McGivney.
L.A. archbishop prays for COVID-19 victims at Día de los Muertos vigil
The lives of people lost to the "long, dark months of the coronavirus pandemic" was on the mind of Archbishop José H. Gomez during a Day of the Dead ceremony Nov. 1 at a Catholic cemetery in East Los Angeles.
A Baby’s Breath marks 20 years serving women in crisis pregnancies
The local organization operates five centers in Montgomery, Chester and Bucks counties through loyal volunteers and supported by fundraising 5K runs, all to support mothers and their babies.
Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful
Beatified at an Oct. 31 Mass, Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was a holy priest who "died daily to his own desires" in serving others, said celebrant Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin.
Several students at North American College test positive for COVID-19
A quarantine is now in place only a few weeks after the students' courses began at the pontifical universities in Rome.
Euthanasia in New Zealand marks ‘line of no return’
The newly approved Life Choice Act, which will take effect in 12 months, serves to endanger the most marginalized members of society, said a bioethicist who advises that nation's bishops.
Pope accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Cisneros of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Now 75, the Cuban-born bishop will continue to serve the diocese in Brooklyn and Queens, and to act as vice postulator for the sainthood cause of Father Felix Varela.
Group sets goal of eucharistic adoration in 1,000 parishes on Election Day
"Unite Our Nation," an apostolate founded in Milwaukee by Catholic laity, is looking to "bring peace and prayer to local communities," and healing to a deeply divided U.S.
All Souls’ Day 2020 is poignant reminder of COVID-19
Amid ongoing pandemic restrictions, parishes are finding ways to honor the more than 229,000 U.S. lives lost to the coronavirus.