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Local clergy, pastoral workers react to threatened ICE raids
The large-scale deportation of undocumented immigrants, set for July 13-14, failed to develop but the fear inspired by such efforts was no less real, according to those who serve migrants in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
With love and listening, Landings guides returning Catholics back to pews
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Landings is a Paulist program that meets returning Catholics with love and guides them back into the pews.
Cardinal fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a U.S.-Iran conflict
Iraq's Christians are struggling after destruction of their ancestral lands by Islamic State militants and the current growing encroachment by Shiite militias on their towns, following years of sectarian violence convulsing Iraq.
Faith leaders decry ICE deportations, say action causes anxiety, fear
UPDATED - The threats of deportation and family separation are causing anxiety and fear within the vulnerable communities our agencies serve, endangering immigrant rights and safety. Most significant is the lasting psychological damage family separation inflicts upon children
Seminarians gear up for bike tour to 10 local parishes
In the new initiative "Biking for Vocations," a small group of men from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary will ride their bikes through three counties in the Philadelphia Archdiocese to speak and pray with parishioners.
Letter Writing Campaign to Elected Officials with Catholic Young Adults of Chester County
Join CYACC (Catholic Young Adults of Chester County) as they gather to write letters to our elected officials advocating for ethical law.
Love of God, love of neighbor are tied together, pope says
Praying that Catholics would understand and act on "the inseparable bond" between love of God and love of neighbor, Pope Francis again appealed for a solution to the crisis in Venezuela.
Conference celebrates African American Catholics’ gifts to liturgy, ministry
The Archbishop Lyke Conference seeks to enrich liturgies and ministries and promote evangelization at parishes serving Black Catholics.
Subduing attacker unusual reaction for deacon but he had to protect abbey
The July 1 assault is the latest in a two-year string of incidents at Our Lady of Guadalupe Trappist Abbey near Lafayette.
Auto executive Iacocca recalled for love of family during funeral Mass
Though he achieved fame as an automobile executive and leader of a private initiative to renovate the Statue of Liberty, Lee Iacocca valued family above all else in life, said a priest who eulogized him during his funeral Mass July 10.