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Scammers in emails pose as pastors, ask faithful to buy them gift cards
UPDATED - Just after Christmas, parishioners at St. Richard Church in Jackson received a warning that someone pretending to be pastor Father John Bohn was using a fake email address to try to persuade people to buy gift cards for him.
Family night at Phillies to benefit Catholic Charities
The Phils' June 21 game against the Marlins will feature Chase Utley's retirement, a bobblehead and, if enough tickets are sold, the National Anthem will be sung by a group benefiting from the annual appeal.
Blaze erupts at Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral
As the sun set over Paris April 15, a fire consumed the upper portion of the 850-year-old cathedral and the main steeple collapsed into the church. No cause was cited, but reports said the fire started in the attic.
Court reinstates Good Friday holiday in federally ruled area of India
The Mumbai high court reinstated Good Friday as a holiday after it had been removed from the list of government-approved holidays in an area in western India ruled by the federal government led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
Assisted suicide now law in N.J.; cardinal calls it ‘morally unacceptable’
Under the new law, which goes against Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life, adults with a terminal diagnosis may obtain drugs to end their lives. The law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy, a Catholic.
Divine Mercy Celebration
Come join in the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. There will be a special screening on the Original Image of Divine Mercy.
After long spiritual road, Cambodian genocide survivor to enter church
Phally Budock, who will enter the church this Easter, has always believed in God, but for a long time she did not understand why God allowed terrible things to happen, such as the atrocities she witnessed during the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970s.
Official marks retired pope’s birthday, commenting on his latest letter
Marking retired Pope Benedict XVI's 92nd birthday, the editorial director of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication insisted what the retired pope wrote about facing the clerical sexual abuse crisis is essentially what Pope Francis has said, too.
Helping others is the true goal, pope tells soccer league
Like those who play soccer, people must learn to work together, help one another and race toward a clear goal, Pope Francis said.
MMR’s STREAM Program’s Innovation Night
The STREAM Program is an innovative approach to teaching students about design, engineering, and inquiry. The core mission of our new STREAM (Science, Tech, Religion, Engineering, Art, Math) program’s “Innovation Lab,” is to help the students in K-8 connect what they learn in school to the future that they can create using design, engineering, and inquiry.