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Covington Catholic student sues Washington Post for $250 million

The 38-page suit claims there were "no less than six false and defamatory articles" in the newspaper about the Jan. 18 encounter at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which went viral almost immediately.

Catholic mom blogger to speak at motherhood group

Heather Renshaw, author of "Death by Minivan," will share her insights on faith and parenting at March 25 talk hosted by St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Media.

Religion, arts enhance STEM learning at Good Shepherd School

The regional Catholic school in Ardsley, Montgomery County is using robotics and computer coding among other tools to help teach lessons of faith to students in grades K to eight.

Tolton sainthood cause advances; next step would be ‘venerable’ decree

A nine-member Vatican theological commission unanimously voted that Father Tolton's cause be moved forward to the cardinals and archbishops in the Congregation for Saints' Causes for a final vote to send a decree of the priest's "heroic virtues" to Pope Francis.

N.J. priest at Vatican, removed in 2018, was accused of abuse in 200

UPDATED - U.S. Msgr. Joseph R. Punderson was instructed by his bishop to resign his Vatican post late in 2018 and then was removed from ministry 15 years after he was found to be credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor.

Survivors Speak: What Vatican summit must do to stop abuse

Abuse survivors and support groups were very clear about what they want the world's bishops, religious superiors, the pope and the Vatican to do to protect children and end clerical sexual abuse.

Bill that prices carbon pollution would yield a dividend for everyone

A bipartisan bill that would put a price on each ton of carbon pollution and likely broaden efforts to develop forms of renewable energy is getting wide support from Catholic advocates concerned about climate change.

Speaker: Only way forward is to allow Christ ‘to come in, encounter us’

If pastoral leaders want to be "prophetic disciples" who call others into a closer relationship with Christ, they must first experience Christ's presence in their own lives, Sister Miriam James Heidland told more than 1,000 attendees of the Mid-Atlantic Congress.

On abuse issue, Catholics shouldn’t battle each other, archbishop warns

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Northern Ireland has criticized Catholics who use the issue of clerical abuse to score points against people they disagree with.

Masses, concerts, devotions to honor St. Katharine Drexel

The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host concerts of sacred music and offer a full schedule of Masses, for the Philadelphia saint whose feast day is March 3. Her new tomb at the cathedral is now an archdiocesan shrine.