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Italy grants temporary residency to migrant farmworkers

In an effort to boost its crippled agriculture industry, the Italian government will allow residency for agricultural workers without proper immigration documents.

At Catholic colleges, no pomp but a lot of circumstance this year

Graduation ceremonies this month have moved from arenas to the now ubiquitous teleconference formats, with graduates linking to these ceremonies from their homes with families and friends.

Bishops urge ‘robust response’ on virus for nation’s indigenous peoples

Three U.S. bishops said May 13 they are "heartbroken" that Native Americans in the U.S. "greatly suffer from the COVID-19 epidemic" and at higher rates than other communities.

TV Mass continues every Sunday morning on Channel 6

See the schedule for coming weeks, with celebrants and liturgical ministers, for the Mass televised on 6ABC every Sunday morning.

Sister Regina Cordis, longtime caregiver, dies at 86

The outreach ministries of the Philadelphia native who served for 66 years as an I.H.M sister included visiting the sick and comforting the bereaved.

Sister Irene Loretta Cassady, I.H.M., dies from COVID-19

The Philadelphia native, still active at age 86 as vice principal of St. Matthew School in Philadelphia, died May 7. Her funeral was celebrated privately May 13.

For 50 years, Oratorian priest ‘an instrument of God’s love’ in Phila.

Father Georges Theirs, who co-founded the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at St. Francis Xavier Parish in the city's Fairmount section, has helped model St. John Newman's motto, "Heart Speaks unto Heart."

Parish takes May procession to the streets for Mother’s Day

The pastor and Knights of Columbus council at St. John Fisher Parish in Boothwyn led a motorized procession with a statue of the Blessed Mother, flowers and hymns through six towns in Delaware County.

Join this week’s novena to St. Rita of Cascia online

The National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia in South Philadelphia invites all to join the solemn novena from Wednesday, May 13 through Thursday, May 21 via the website or social media.

Babies get a boost with donated diapers, formula

Two local organizations purchased $3,000 of infant supplies for archdiocesan Catholic Social Services' Northeast Philadelphia outreach, which is making sure families "have what they need to get through the pandemic."