News

Faith and generosity sustain flood victims in Omaha Archdiocese

The flooding affected more than two-thirds of Nebraska's counties, including many within the archdiocese, destroying or damaging homes, businesses, roads and bridges, crippling water and sewage systems and killing livestock.

N.Y. high school students help prepare taxes through volunteer program

Student volunteers help locals in the Albany Diocese file their tax returns under the Catholic Charities Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, known as VITA.

Catholic social teaching guides advocates in push for a ‘moral’ budget

The White House delivered a record $4.75 trillion budget for fiscal year 2020 to Congress and it continued a defining trend to boost military spending and border security while making deep cuts in most other federal agencies.

Nebraskans’ faith, community spirit stronger after floods, priest says

Even in midst of this disaster that hit farming communities so hard, people are not giving up, especially on their faith.

Bridesburg parish welcomes relic of St. John Paul

St. John Cantius in Philadelphia, home to a vibrant Polish community, received a lock of the late saintly pontiff's hair March 16. Parish priests have been asked "to take the relic to those who are sick," said Father Joseph Zingaro.

Book Circle: The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott

Join us at Cranaleith Spiritual Center for a reading and discussion of the national best seller, The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott.

Pro-Life Night at the Shrine

Join us for a Pro-Life Night Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA on Saturday, April 13 at 6:00 pm.

Scouts on retreat make rosaries for U.S. military

The retreat held March 16 at Daylesford Abbey was sponsored by the archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting. The rosaries the Scouts assembled will be brought to their annual Mass May 4.

Neumann U honors religious leadership with newly named halls

Previously known as Living and Learning Centers I, II and II, the residence halls at the university were renamed Flynn Hall, Cunningham Hall and O’Neill Hall for the former Franciscan sisters who led the university.

Professor with local ties leading Theology of the Body talks

Peter J. Colosi, formerly a professor of moral theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, is an organizer of “Defending and Promoting Human Dignity in a Secular Age” this June in the Netherlands.