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House bill ends pro-life policies guiding foreign aid
The bill undercuts the "Mexico City Policy," which bans all foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive U.S. funds from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning in other countries.
Domestic violence webinars offer hope, help as abuse spikes
The archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection will co-host three online sessions in August to confront what experts call "a pandemic within a pandemic."
Doubleheader on home field for Archbishop Perez
During a July 26 visit to Holy Innocents Parish in Philadelphia, the former "Padre Nelson" caught up with old friends at two back-to-back Masses in English and Spanish.
From cathedral’s pews to Planned Parenthood, faithful rally for life
Archbishop Nelson Perez led some 400 area faithful in a July 25 liturgy, procession and prayer vigil sponsored by the Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia.
Mexican bishops call for action ahead of Supreme Court abortion ruling
Mexico's Supreme Court may rule July 29 on a lower court decision decriminalizing abortion in one state during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, with potentially more states to follow.
Congressman Lewis remembered as ‘determined, forceful, thoughtful’
If perseverance is a sign of holiness in the 21st century, then U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) embodied it his whole life, said a leading religious sister. Lewis died July 17 at age 80.
Justice, dignity not just ‘privilege of the rich,’ Vatican official says
Prosecutors should go after the "big fish" perpetrators of human trafficking, a Vatican representative told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
French police arrest cathedral volunteer who confesses to Nantes fire
A Rwandan man is facing up to 10 years in prison after he confessed to setting fire to the city's Gothic cathedral, considered to be a jewel of French architecture.
Sister Marie St. James Nulty, longtime principal, dies at 89
The Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary led six Catholic elementary schools and taught or served at others during her 65 years of active ministry.
Sister Suzanne Snyder, minister to the marginalized, dies at 84
A Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 64 years, she served in prison ministry in Los Angeles and at-risk children in San Diego, plus assignments in California and Oregon.