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Maternity School bounds past goal to raise $33K for tech program
The Northeast Philadelphia Catholic school raised 50% more this year than last in its annual Trek for Tech walk-a-thon. Funds will help buy smartboards, Chromebooks and a 3D printer for the STEAM curriculum.
Fordham University senior dies after fall from bell tower on campus
Sydney Monfries, a Portland native, was a senior at the Jesuit-run university and weeks away from graduation. The Observer, a student newspaper at Fordham, reported that police said Monfries fell through an opening on the first landing of the tower.
Muslim father, ‘wanting to be part of something,’ joins Catholic Church
During the Easter Vigil April 20, Christopher Booty and his wife, Kristin, will be baptized at Blessed Sacrament Church in Oakland Park, along with their 8-month-old daughter, Catherine, and 3-year-old son, Maytham.
French leaders pledge Notre Dame Cathedral again will grace Paris skyline
Church leaders joined government officials in saying they expect that Notre Dame Cathedral's grandeur will be restored as firefighters extinguished the last flames of a fast-moving blaze that seriously damaged much of the iconic structure.
Delaware high school senior develops medical shadowing program
Sean Holly a senior at St. Elizabeth High School in Wilmington, Del., spearheads Apollo: Youth in Medicine, a program that gives local high school students the experience life in the medical field by shadowing with doctors.
Bishop ‘dismayed’ over university president’s call for his resignation
Bishop Malone said April 12, 2019, he is "disappointed and dismayed" by a call for his resignation from St. Bonaventure University's president, Dennis DePerro. The university head criticized the bishop's handling of abuse cases, a claim that Bishop Malone called "unjust."
Hope from the ashes: Leaders vow to rebuild Notre Dame
The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the natural lifecycle of a historic building.
Pray for Parisians, people of France, Archbishop Chaput asks
Archbishop Charles Chaput called the burning Notre Dame Cathedral "a testament to man’s desire to glorify God on earth and a beacon of hope," and urged prayers for "our brothers and sisters in the Archdiocese of Paris."
Korean cardinal affirms church’s abortion teaching after court decision
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul reiterated the Catholic Church's stance on abortion after South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled that the country's abortion ban is unconstitutional.
China invites Vatican to have pavilion at Beijing garden expo
While high-level talks and agreements between the two countries, which do not have formal diplomatic relations, are "delicate" and ongoing, taking part in the April 29-Oct. 7 expo and other cultural exchanges have the important task of creating "an atmosphere" that facilitates dialogue.