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Lead poisoning from Notre Dame fire worse than first thought
When the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris burned in April 2019, some of the 460 tons of lead on the roof melted and seeped into the environment. Now children are showing elevated levels of lead poisoning.
Suspect arrested, charged with felonies in crash, fire at Florida church
A 24-year-old man was apprehended by police after a chase. After crashing his van through the church doors, video shows him in the foyer pouring gasoline and hurling a lit shoe onto it.
Sister Susan Immaculate Platt, I.H.M., dies at 75
The native of Philadelphia, raised in Secane, served most of her 57 years of ministry in Delaware County and Philadelphia Catholic schools, teaching thousands of students.
Sister Julia Burkart, a Ph.D. sociologist, dies at 92
The Medical Mission Sister taught sociology at the college level for a dozen years, preceded and followed by varied ministries abroad and across the United States.
Born into mission work, Sister Patrice McSweeney dies at 88
The Medical Mission Sister was born in Colombia, as a child lived in Venezuela and later served there as a sister for some 40 years. She earned a nursing degree at Penn.
Medical Mission Sister Jacinta Conlon dies at 97
Her long mission of service around the world included caring for her order's foundress, Mother Anna Dengel, until her death. Sister Jacinta battled health issues until succumbing to Covid-19.
Sister Aletta Dorothy Donahue dies at 97
The Trenton native was a Franciscan sister for 71 years. Between quarter-century teaching assignments in two dioceses, she cared for family members until their deaths.
Franciscan Sister Annette Marie Lucchese dies at 78
The Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia earned degrees at Seton Hall and Fordham universities. She served primarily in New Jersey and Brooklyn, and in leadership of her congregation.
Sister Frances Marie Devinney, longtime teacher, dies at 83
The Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary taught Catholic elementary school students in grades five through eight for 36 years.
Pope ‘saddened’ by Turkish ruling to turn Hagia Sophia into mosque
The world's largest cathedral at its dedication in 537, Hagia Sophia served as a mosque since from the 1453 Ottoman conquest until 1935, when it became a museum.