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Dr. Mary Healy Retreat for Men and Women
As a professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, a best-selling author and international speaker, Dr. Healy will be directing her first retreat at Malvern Retreat House.
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers retreat
World-renowned evangelist, author, TV and radio host will be directing a retreat for men and women for the first time at Malvern Retreat House, Malvern, PA.
Jesus is always ready to help free people from evil, pope says
Christians recognize life's great paradox that so much evil and temptation exist in the world, but that God is always present, too, ready to help and give people the strength to persevere, Pope Francis said.
Bishop Barron says book on abuse crisis written from his ‘pastor’s heart’
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron says Catholics are understandably "demoralized and scandalized" by the abuse crisis but he urges them to "stay and fight for the body of Christ."
Local Knights of Columbus to help with slain Colorado teen ‘hero’ funeral
Knights of Columbus Council 4844 of Southwest Denver has set up a fund to help the family of Kendrick Castillo with the boy's funeral and will be helping during services, private and public, to honor his life.
Supreme Court justices defend divergent death penalty views
The flurry of opinions issued May 13 -- more than 30 pages in all -- reviews the high court's responses to recent death penalty cases that appear contradictory.
New York cardinal celebrates Mass for Sri Lanka victims and families
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan offered a heartfelt homily on Staten Island on Mother's Day in memory of the victims of the Easter terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka that left more than 250 dead and hundreds wounded.
Deacon Joseph Niland of Bensalem dies at 86
The retired permanent deacon was ordained in 1989 and served at the former St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Bensalem until his retirement in 2008. He is survived by three children and one granddaughter.
Vienna-based group logs attacks against European Christian churches
Vandals and thieves have damaged at least eight Christian churches in Germany since early April. Churches have also been attacked, apparently at random, in Scotland, England, France, Poland, Spain, Italy and Austria.
Runners take to streets of Wayne, helping Catholic school
It takes a lot to run a 5K community race, but the parishioners of St. Katharine's hosted their ninth annual event through the Radnor neighborhood May 11, raising money for the parish school.