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Local World Youth Day in Philadelphia
Local World Youth Day Philadelphia will be a spiritually uplifting event for young adults 18-35. This event will consist of time for Mass, prayer, Adoration, social fellowship and time for personal reflection.
Faith is passed on at home, pope tells parents at baptism
Although children learn the tenets of the Catholic faith in catechism class, it is first transmitted in the home "because faith always must be transmitted in dialect: the dialect of the family, the dialect of the home, in the atmosphere of the home," he said.
Shutdown won’t deter crowds from marching for life in nation’s capital
Neither snow nor sleet -- nor partial government shutdown -- will keep pro-lifers away from the nation's capital for the March for Life Jan. 18.
Despite high turnover, number of Catholics little changed in Congress
The number of Catholics in the House, at 32.5 percent, is more than half again their representation in the U.S. population, which the Pew Research Center pegs at 21 percent.
Pro-lifers: N.Y. abortion bill could one day make being pro-life ‘a crime’
The measure will expand access to abortion in the state, despite being promoted as simply codifying Roe v. Wade. It not only increases access to abortion across the board, including late-term abortions, but also goes beyond Roe, which left some limits in place.
As March for Life nears, Philadelphians plan to meet up
The 46th annual witness to the sanctity of life will draw thousands of people to Washington on Jan. 18. It can be hard for folks from the archdiocese to rally together, so a new meeting place has been arranged.
Sister Pimentel disappointed about not being able to address president
"I was looking forward to this roundtable discussion, but there was no discussion unfortunately," Sister Pimentel told The Valley Catholic, newspaper of the Brownsville Diocese. "There were certain people selected to speak, people who support the president's agenda," she added.
Cardinal Wuerl wrote papal nuncio of abuse claims against predecessor in 2004
Church officials confirmed that Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, retired archbishop of Washington, had forwarded an allegation of sexual misconduct against his predecessor, former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, to the papal nuncio in Washington in 2004.
Black women religious featured at seminar for youth
The archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics will offer a Feb. 12 workshop on Mother Mary Lange and Mother Theresa Maxis, two women of color who each founded religious congregations.
Workshop highlights liturgical music as dress rehearsal for heaven
At a free Jan. 22 presentation, Father Dennis Gill, director of the archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship, will explore how sacred music expresses the Christian mystery throughout the Mass, and in our lives.