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Evening celebrates feast day of St. Katharine Drexel
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul welcomes all for an Evening of Song and Prayer in celebration of St. Katharine Drexel.
Victim-survivor says ‘ripple effects’ of clergy sex abuse ‘go on and on’
More than 60 survivors of abuse in Minnesota met with church officials, an archbishop and civil county officials at a conference for listening to people describe the hurt, and the healing, that lasts for years.
After struggle to cope, abuse survivor finds ‘healing in heart of church’
A Minnesota woman confided her childhood abuse to a priest and then was abused again, but through years of speaking with pastors and a bishop, she has returned to Mass and the sacraments regularly.
Devotion to Holy Face of Jesus rising on home visits, phone app
The image is "not the happy thumbs-up Jesus," but Ian Snyder of Nebraska felt drawn to it, and he and his wife hosted it and prayed a nine-day novena to consecrate their home and family.
Independent immigration court sought for 1 million-case backlog
Judges and attorneys from around the country say disarray in the courts is leading to a lack of due process for asylum-seekers and others. One lawmaker supports separating immigration court from the Justice Department.
Seminarian murdered by kidnappers in Nigeria
The kidnapping of four seminarians is the latest in a string of attacks against Christians in Nigeria, who have been targeted by terrorist groups and by bandits extorting money from the Catholic Church.
Vatican donates masks to China to combat coronavirus outbreak
Since Jan. 27, the Vatican has sent up to 700,000 protective masks to three affected regions in China. "The whole world is standing together to fight the virus," said a Chinese priest in Rome.
Vows of religious women, men not sacrifices but freedom, pope says
Celebrating the World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. 1, Pope Francis urged women and men religious to be people of hope. He asked all Catholics to pray for them as they serve God and their brothers and sisters.
Frankford friars make infants, families feel welcome
Days before the celebration of Christ's presentation in the Temple, a local Capuchin community presented newborns and parents before the altar at a Jan. 15 Mass.
Catholic leaders put local food on the line for Super Bowl matchup
As the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs gear up for the gridiron on Feb. 2, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. have made a deal pitting Dungeness crabs against steaks.