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Storm warning: Quiet summer days risk flash controversies
Questions and controversy, accusations and explanations blew through Rome and across the webiverse concerning big changes underway at the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.
Parishioners, community members learn how to accompany migrants
Some 200 attendees from 30 parishes and the surrounding area gathered for a July 27 workshop on supporting those facing immigration detention and deportation. Sponsored by the Archdiocese and several partner organizations, the session kicked off a new grassroots ministry.
Knights give over $185 million to charity, 76 million service hours in 2018
The New Haven-based Catholic fraternal organization announced its charitable activity over the last year in a July 31 news release, issued ahead of its annual Supreme Convention in Minneapolis Aug. 6-8.
El Paso bishop meets with victims, family members of Texas mass shooting
UPDATED - Bishop Mark J. Seitz met with the families of those who were killed and wounded during the Aug. 3 shooting at a Walmart in the city where he serves, and in a statement following the meeting said his heart "was breaking," after seeing up-close the human aftermath of the crime.
Beyond prayers, U.S. bishops call for action after deadly shootings
In response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 3 and 4, U.S. bishops prayed for victims while also expressing outrage over the continuing tragedies and their root causes.
America’s oldest Newman Center preps for 125th anniversary
The renovated facility at St. Agatha-St. James Parish in Philadelphia, which serves students at Penn and Drexel universities, will mark its milestone in October as its founder, Cardinal Newman, is made a saint.
Pa. Catholic bishops ask Trump to restore refugee aid program
The head of the Pa. Catholic Conference asked President Trump to maintain and even expand a federal program that reports say the administration is considering cutting or eliminating.
Trinidadians step up to aid Venezuelan migrants when government steps back
The La Romaine Migrant Support ministry has grown to 70 children, who are bused from surrounding communities. In addition to English, they learn basic mathematics, craft, sports and music.
Vatican revises schedule for pope’s visit to Africa Sept. 4-10
Pope Francis’s sixth foreign trip of 2019 will take him to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius Sept. 4-10, the Vatican announced.
In letter, pope encourages priests dejected by abuse crisis
Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual abuse and abuse of conscience and power.