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St. Agnes, Sellersville, is 100 years old yet young and flourishing
Priests had been visiting the Bucks County community since 1863. But after the parish finally was founded, it took off, and now boasts 11,000 people, several new vocations and vibrant teen ministry.
Longtime Irish Trocaire worker dies in road accident in Guatemala
Sally O'Neill worked for Trocaire -- the Irish word for mercy -- for some 37 years in developing countries. The charity announced her death April 8, following the accident.
New Georgia church includes artifacts from closed N.Y. church
This spring, artifacts from St. Gerard Church in Buffalo, New York, which closed in 2008, have a new home at Mary Our Queen Church in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.
Marine vet counts on prayer to reunite with deported husband
Elizabeth Perez, a Catholic mother of four, tells how her husband was sent back to Mexico and shares her opinion of the failing immigration system in a new PBS documentary film airing April 15.
Father Edmond Speitel, WWII soldier, Army chaplain dies at 93
The Philadelphia native enlisted in the Army during World War II and after his ordination became a chaplain serving in Vietnam, rising to colonel. A pastor of two parishes, he will be laid to rest April 9.
Abandon gangs, turn in your knives, English cardinal urges young people
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has called on young people to get rid of their knives in an attempt to stem an epidemic of violence sweeping the U.K.
Pope is close to wounded survivors, faithful in Chile, bishop says
Bishop Celestino Aos Braco said he met with Pope Francis April 5 to discuss the situation of the local church and the suffering that abuse survivors and all Catholics in Chile have endured following the revelations of abuse and cover-up.
Family tradition: Carrying the cross on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa
Mousa Kamar, can be seen every year at the front left of the cross, the same position where his father used to carry the cross. His grandfather also helped carry the front of the cross.
Diocese responds to suit, ‘steadfastly’ affirms child protection policy
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey alleges the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and Bishop Michael J. Bransfield violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by failing "to disclose to consumers of its educational and recreational services that it employed priests and laity who have sexually abused children."
Asylum-seeker from Nicaragua credits new home in Iowa to prayers
Darwin Josue Mejia Montoya credits prayers -- particularly to Mary -- for enabling him to be one of the few individuals granted asylum in the United States from the Central American country.