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Pastoral care of Hispanics, outreach to youth top Encuentro priorities
The Fifth National Encuentro, or V Encuentro is a multiyear process that involves mission, consultation and community building, and seeks to establish ways in which the Catholic Church can better respond to the Hispanic presence in parishes around the country.
At 50, FDLC remains focused on liturgical formation for ‘people of God’
When the Second Vatican Council decreed that the liturgy be celebrated in people's native languages, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops knew it would need some help training clergy and laypeople in the new texts. So it established the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions..
Indigenous culture can enrich liturgy, bishop says
Proposals at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon for indigenous- or Amazonian-rite ceremonies are meant to enhance and enrich the liturgy with cultural signs and gestures, not change what is essential for Catholics, a bishop said.
Typhoon Hagibis aftermath unlikely to affect Pope Francis’ November plans
Search-and-rescue operations continued after the storm caused flooding and landslides throughout the country, leaving at least 19 people still missing as of Oct. 15.
Neumann U receives $1.4 million bequest from husband of late professor
When Janet Farahmand taught nursing students, she often met with them in the Neumann library. Now her husband Ahmad has donated their entire estate to the library, and to two nursing scholarships.
U.S. bishops speak at synod for the Amazon
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not a "referendum" on priestly celibacy; it is looking for ways to provide for the sacramental life and formation of the people there, U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston said.
Augustinians name layman new director of St. Rita Shrine
Jonathan Jerome, a longtime university campus minister, becomes just the second lay leader of the shrine in South Philadelphia that is run under the auspices of the Augustinian friars.
Multi-parish effort welcomes evangelist’s multi-generational message
Chris Stefanick spoke to 700 people of every age Oct. 10 at Archbishop Carroll H.S. about applying the Gospel to everyday life. St. Margaret Parish, Narberth, and nine other parishes teamed up to present it.
Different clicks, same prayer: Pope asks Catholics to pray the rosary
The Click to Pray eRosary is both a free app for Apple and Android and an actual high-tech rosary bracelet that connects to a smartphone using Bluetooth.
Caritas works to help Syrians displaced by Turkish bombings
Church bells have been ringing in Qamishli and elsewhere in northeastern Syria, signaling the alarm to Christians and others of the ongoing Turkish military operation that is having a devastating humanitarian impact on civilians.