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Priest, police light up the night for sick kids
Oblate Father Steven Wetzel and dozens of Philadelphia police officers gathered for the third annual "Good Night Lights" display at Shriners Hospital for Children Oct. 7.
New U.N. nuncio tells of economic inequities made worse by COVID-19
From massive job loss among individuals to aid for small business to debt relief for developing nations, the Vatican's representative to the United Nations called for social and financial justice linked to human development.
Phila. priest removed from ministry on sex abuse claim
Archbishop Nelson Pérez has accepted a recommendation to remove Father William E. Dean, 70, as chaplain at Camilla Hall nursing home based on an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in the late 1970s.
Supreme Court does not reinstate abortion drug restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow drugs used to medically induce abortions to be delivered without requiring the recipient to make a doctor's visit during the coronavirus pandemic.
Brooklyn Diocese files federal lawsuit over violation of religious freedom
The diocese said Gov. Cuomo's new limits on worship due to the coronavirus "arbitrarily" reduce capacity at Catholic churches and impede "our right to worship and cannot stand."
Religious jewelry maker supports women who have miscarried
Alison Rizzuto wanted religious medals that were "kind of funky, something modern" but couldn't find them, so she made them. Now sales help women who, like her, have miscarried children.
California church renews suit on governor’s worship restrictions
After district court denied a Pasadena-based Christian church's motion for a temporary restraining order on California's coronavirus restrictions, the church broadened its legal appeal.
Finance measures meant to expel ‘merchants’ from the temple, pope says
The latest financial transparency measures enacted at the Vatican are meant to restore order, ensuring money does not become an object of idolatry, Pope Francis told European finance experts.
Nicaraguan Catholic leaders decry government’s repressive plans
Proposed laws could prohibit groups and individuals from receiving foreign funding, further curtail freedom of expression and impose life sentences on political opponents of the Ortega regime.
French bishops rally Catholics against bioethics bill
Catholics are urged to join mass protests against a government-backed bioethics bill that would liberalize abortion and embryo research and allow in vitro fertilization for lesbians and single mothers.