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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.
Catholic History Lecture
Local history talk by Ryan Halloran (Temple University) on Catholic high school athletics in the archdiocese at the American Catholic Historical Society.
Bach St. John Passion by VoxAmaDeus
The Ama Deus Ensemble Baroque Orchestra, Choir and Soloists, led by Valentin Radu, perform Bach's masterpiece, the Passion According to John, on Good Friday, April 19, 2019.
Pope makes surprise visit to community for people with Alzheimer’s
Drawing attention to the special needs of people with Alzheimer's disease, Pope Francis made an afternoon visit to a community of group homes designed to keep residents active and living as normal a life as possible.
Pope urges students to fight their addiction to phones
Pope Francis told high school students to break their phone addiction and spend more time on real communication with others and in moments of quiet, personal reflection.
Organ donation fosters culture of life, pope says
Christians who donate their organs offer "a gift to the suffering Lord who said that everything we have done for a brother or sister in need we have done for him," the pope said April 13 during a meeting with members of the Italian Association of Organ Donors.
Election 2013: Book looks behind the scenes of conclave
In his new book, "The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Account of the Conclave That Changed History," Gerard O'Connell gives a varied and detailed account of what dozens of cardinals and the media were saying in the days leading up to the vote.
Embrace the cross, trust God will triumph, pope says on Palm Sunday
Acclaimed by the crowds and knowing he was the Messiah they sought, Jesus still chose the path of humility and self-emptying, focused only on doing God's will, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.