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Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.
UPDATED - Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.
More bishops issue statement against Trump tweets on Baltimore
"Painfully, for the past several weeks we find ourselves once more discussing how people, even our national leaders, use language that is divisive and disrespectful," said a brief joint statement from three chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees.
Father Buckley, noted theologian and a ‘Jesuit’s Jesuit,’ dies at 87
He leaves a lasting legacy for his contributions to studies in theology, the origins of modern atheism, the mutually beneficial relations between science and religion, and Jesuit spirituality and education.
Catholic social action directors urged to recognize ‘pivotal moment’
Catholic social action directors across the country were urged to continue their work of fighting social injustices during the annual Social Action Summer Institute July 25-28 at the University of Utah.
Pope urges families build a better future through stronger prayer life
His prayer intention for the month of August invites people to pray that "families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly schools of true human development."
St. Joseph the Worker Medal Awards Dinner
Joseph the Worker Medal Awards Dinner. The honorees for the evening are the Most Reverend, Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Sean Flanagan, Knights of the Immaculata, CA Captain, Emeritus, and Barbara Henkels, Founder of the Regina Academies.
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Low Mass
St. Mary Church Mass Schedule will have two masses during this Holy day of obligation. The first mass will be at 7 am and the second mass will be at 12:05 pm.
Ten years after ordination, bishop remains surprised and delighted by God
Auxiliary Bishop Timothy C. Senior, rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, reflects on how a decade as shepherd has deepened his surrender to the divine plan, and increased his commitment to the men who will one day lead the church.
Archbishop Chaput announces clerical changes
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments, effective as noted.
Gregory: Offensive speech, actions ‘growing plague’ and ‘must end’
Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said recent public comments by President Donald Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated "have deepened divisions and diminished our national life."