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Marian feast not a holy day this year, but go to Mass anyway
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception has been moved to Monday, Dec. 9. While attending Mass that day isn't an obligation, honoring Mary offers “the antidote for a dissatisfied life.”
Neumann U to enact live nativity scene Dec. 8
Following an evening Mass on the Delaware County campus, all are invited to enjoy the Nativity story with student actors and live animals, plus Christmas carols and refreshments for all.
St. Joseph-St. Robert School presenting ‘Beauty and the Beast’
The Thespians Club of the Warrington Catholic school will present the young performers' edition of the Disney classic Sunday, Dec. 8 at Archbishop Wood High School, Warminster.
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.