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Pope, U.N. chief record video with their Christmas wishes for peace
Pope Francis and the secretary-general of the United Nations said that, like millions of people around the world, during the Christmas season their thoughts turn to yearnings for peace and for the well-being of those in need.
Kenyan bishops pray for 300,000 affected by flooding
Since more than 100 people who have died in flooding and landslides since October, the bishops of Kenya urged protecting forest cover and promoting agricultural practices that protect the environment.
Former Nazareth Academy teacher, Sister Mary Irene, dies at 95
Sister Mary Irene Geisheimer, C.S.F.N. (formerly Sister Amata), spent most of her 50 years in education teaching German and English at Nazareth, run by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
New trade deal a step up, Catholic leaders say
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is no panacea, according to Catholics involved in labor matters, but it is better than the North American Free Trade Agreement it is designed to replace.
Supreme Court to hear cases of fired Catholic school religion teachers
The court agreed Dec. 18 to take up the combined cases of two California Catholic schools that were sued by teachers they had fired who claimed they had been victims of job discrimination.
Sister Beatrice Mary Keegan, S.S.J. dies at 89
A member of the Sisters of St. Joseph since her entrance into the order in 1947, the former Sister Joseph Beatrice ministered in the archdioceses of Philadelphia and Newark, and the Diocese of Trenton.
Sainthood sought for Catholic teacher of those with disabilities
Bishop Lawrence Persico Dec. 17 announced the opening of the canonization cause for Gertrude Barber of Erie, Pa., who dedicated her life to serving children and adults with intellectual disabilities/autism.
Sister Marie Natalie Sommer, S.S.J., dies at 88
The former Barbara Ann Grace Sommer, a grad of St. Athanasius Grade School and Little Flower High School in Philadelphia, entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1950 and ministered in the Philadelphia region.
Sister Kathryn Miller dies at 98; was congregational leader
A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 79 years, the former Sister Lillian Francis would go on to earn a bachelor's and master's in education after entering religious life in 1937.
Mexican president: Leave church-state separation alone
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador disapproves of a proposal that would scrap some of the restrictions separating church and state, but also could have broken the seal of confession.