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Take a chance, help retired St. Joseph’s Sisters
The 30th annual Chance Drive, held online only this year, is the most important fundraiser for the retired sisters and St. Joseph Villa. The Grand Prize is $10,000.
Leading antiracism speaker to lead discussion at Gesu School
The North Philadelphia Catholic grade school invites all to join in its free 23rd annual symposium Wednesday, Nov. 11 via Zoom with Ibram X. Kendi, an author and historian.
At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse
After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore McCarrick, Pope Francis said, "I renew my closeness to all victims of every form of abuse and the church's commitment to eradicate this evil."
Supreme Court seems ready to let Affordable Care Act stand
The two justices repeatedly stressed that they didn't see how it was necessary to strike down the entire health care law even if its individual mandate, requiring persons to buy health insurance, was invalidated.
Report’s look into U.S. abuse scandal digs up pain, hope in transparency
The report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick shows why it's important to have a strong presence from those outside the closed clerical system to hold leaders accountable, said bishops and lay people.
Msgr. Thomas Owens, 71, laid to rest in rites at St. Matthew Parish
The pastor emeritus of St. Alphonsus Parish in Maple Glen had been serving in pastoral ministry during his retirement in Conshohocken. He was a former professor at Roman Catholic High School and Dean of Men at St. Charles Seminary.
Archbishop Pérez ‘endeers’ himself to St. Hubert Bambies during visit
During a Nov. 2 Mass at the all-girls Catholic high school in Northeast Philadelphia, Archbishop Nelson Pérez reminded students that despite a year of crisis, "hope does not disappoint," since its true source is Christ.
Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’
The Vatican's report on defrocked former Cardinal McCarrick states that Vigano, former nuncio to the U.S. from 2011 to 2016, did not investigate McCarrick when ordered to do so by the Vatican in 2012, despite his call in 2018 for Pope Francis to resign over the matter.
McCarrick report called needed step toward accountability, transparency
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, where Theodore McCarrick was ordained a priest and the first abuse allegations were made against him in 2017, credited the survivors of the abuse who approached the New York Archdiocese with their concerns.
Pope Francis, retired Pope Benedict questioned for McCarrick report
In an unusual move, both popes subjected themselves to questioning by Vatican investigators charged with compiling a report on how church decisions were made regarding the career and ultimate expulsion of Theodore McCarrick.