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Archdiocese brings senior housing to suburbs
St. Joseph Place in Collingdale will provide 50 apartments for income-qualified seniors age 62 and older, while giving new life to former parish classrooms.
Focus on Christ to discover joy in serving others, pope tells religious
Keeping Jesus as one's "first and only love" helps consecrated men and women "to truly and mercifully love everyone we meet on our journey," Pope Francis wrote.
Cardinal Pell tells U.S. Catholics: ‘We rely on you’
In an interview for a U.S. conference, Australian Cardinal George Pell said smaller countries rely on the U.S. church for leadership of world Catholicism and Western civilization.
Foundation prize is ‘validation’ of all Homeboy Industries does, says priest
The $2.5 million Hilton Foundation prize will help Jesuit Father Gregory Boyle continue his work among former gang members to "create a community of kinship and healing in Los Angeles."
Nebraska governor signs bill that bans dismemberment abortions
Saying Nebraska is "a pro-life state," Gov. Pete Ricketts Aug. 15 signed into law a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure that he said stops a "horrific procedure."
Letter: Democrats must make room for pro-lifers
About 100 current and former Democratic lawmakers urged the Democratic Party "to moderate its official position on abortion," saying party leaders support abortion policies "radically out of line with public opinion."
Friends on earth help Black Catholic priest toward sainthood
Venerable Augustus Tolton, the first Roman Catholic priest in the U.S. known to be Black, is moving closer to canonization thanks to the efforts of Philly faithful.
In Ireland and Philadelphia, faithful honor Our Lady of Knock
The Miraculous Medal Shrine and the Mayo Association of Philadelphia will host a livestreamed Aug. 16 Mass with a simulcast from County Mayo, site of the 1879 Marian apparition.
Rosary rally on Aug. 15 calls for ‘radical transformation’ of nation
An online recitation of all four sets of mysteries, led by the Sisters of Life and Archdiocese of Philadelphia seminarians, will invoke Mary's intercession for peace amid troubled times.
Seminarians bike 2,000 miles to raise vocation awareness
Ten seminarians plus a few bishops, priests and a pastoral leader made a cycling tour of 17 parishes over five days in the second Biking for Vocations event in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.