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Knights, New York Archdiocese and others providing aid to quake victims
Online fundraising drives, parish collections and material assistance are helping residents of Puerto Rico, which has been rocked by a series of temblors that have leveled towns and churches.
Vatican wartime archives ready for new batch of scholars
More than 80 researchers have received permission to sift through materials dating from 1939 to 1958, with archive officials expecting a clearer view of how Pope Pius XII grappled with Nazism, the Holocaust and the church in the modern world.
Pope appoints first woman to Vatican foreign ministry post
In a Jan. 15 announcement, Francesca Di Giovanni, a longtime Vatican official, was named an undersecretary in the Vatican's foreign ministry office, where she will oversee intergovernmental organizations and multilateral treaties.
Pope names bishops for Ukrainian dioceses in England, Australia
According to a Jan. 15 Vatican announcement, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski and Redemptorist Father Mykola Bychok will now lead the London and Melbourne Ukrainian Catholic dioceses respectively.
Want to help others? Go to a Sixers game
A portion of the proceeds for a Feb. 20 game against the Brooklyn Nets will benefit the Catholic Charities Appeal, which supports social services and other programs that assist tens of thousands of area individuals.
Sisters of Life to celebrate founder, Cardinal O’Connor
The sisters, founded in 1991 by the late Philadelphia native Cardinal John O'Connor, invite all to a Mass at the cathedral on Wednesday, Jan. 15, the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Rev. King, St. Katharine Drexel: Champions of Justice
Joyce Hadley will speak Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 11:30 a.m. in the cathedral chapel to honor the important human rights work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and St. Katharine Drexel.
Marchers for life praise ‘great gift’ of children for future
Thousands of people from six states turned out for the seventh annual March for Life Chicago Jan. 11, preceded by a Mass for Life and youth rally and followed by a banquet and swing dance party.
Religious expression faces ‘hostility’ on campus, scholar says
Free religious expression in American higher education is under constant threat from the tyranny of secular progressivism, said Robert P. George of Princeton University, a view shared by a Jewish scholar.
Texas Catholics oppose plan to reject new refugees
Catholic leaders were quick to take a stand against a Jan. 10 announcement by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that the state would no longer resettle refugees. It was the first state to do so; 42 others will accept refugees.