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St. Rita Shrine grateful for $50,000 donation
The St. Alfio Society of Pennsylvania gifted the national shrine in South Philadelphia Nov. 25 to aid its mission to help "make the world a better, safer, and more peaceful place.”
Catholic leaders urge Israel to investigate hate crimes in Arab villages
In addition to dozens of cars damaged and anti-Arab Hebrew graffiti spray painted on walls in the Arab town of Jaljulia in central Israel, graffiti was scrawled in Hebrew on a wall and a car was burned in the Palestinian town of Taybeh.
Myanmar’s cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has appealed to the international community not to punish the people of Myanmar as it faces genocide charges over the military's 2017 crackdown on Rohingya.
Defend dignity of persons with disabilities, pope says
The dignity and rights of people with disabilities are increasingly threatened by a society that discriminates and views them as a burden, Pope Francis said.
Fundraising effort sending youths to pro-life events
Eighty local high school students will be attending the annual March for Life and the conference of Students for Life Jan. 24-25, 2020, and funds are sought to send 200 more teens.
N.J. abuse victim names McCarrick, Newark Archdiocese in lawsuit
UPDATED - A day after a New Jersey victims' rights law went into effect, a 37-year-old man filed a lawsuit against the now-laicized former cardinal. The law lifts the statute of limitation and allows suits on previously time-barred cases.
Teen dedicates Scout project to unborn children, including four siblings
The Tomb of the Unborn Child is a memorial for miscarried and stillborn children located at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Richmond.
Mideast Catholic leaders call for peace, stability in region
Meeting in Cairo November 25-29, the Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East addressed political, economic and social difficulties that many countries are suffering as a result of unrest, violence, extremism and terrorism.
Advent retreat explores ‘Three Comings of Christ’
Theologian and Trinitarian Sister Sara Butler will lead a day-long conference on Dec. 14 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul that includes Mass, confession and eucharistic adoration.
British bishops urge voters to question candidates on life issues
Britain's bishops have made the right to life a priority for Catholics ahead of a general election in which two major political parties have promised to liberalize abortion laws.