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Dissenting sisters in Indian rape case say they are church outcasts
As the Vatican grapples to devise stronger protocols and responses on clergy sex abuse of minors, five nuns in India complain of church repression for their support of a former superior general who was allegedly raped by a bishop.
Catholic youth learn significance of ashes in fiery Lenten tradition
By involving children in the process of creating these ashes, the staff of St. Bartholomew hoped the young people would better understand the rich symbolism contained in the tradition.
Former Northeast Phila. pastor arrested for child sex abuse
Father Armand Garcia, 49, was arrested March 4 on charges of rape, corruption of a minor and sexual abuse of a minor in a period during which he served at parishes in Roxborough and Oxford Circle.
Life Evangelists Initial Outreach Meeting
Kim Savage, a former member of Generation Life, invites fellow pro-lifers to join her over coffee and snacks to discuss the next step in building a culture of life.
Hiking to heal body, mind and spirit
Peak Encounter Ministries will offer a March 15 mini-hike and retreat at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli to draw participants into a closer walk with God.
“Spiritual But Not Religious” explores the desire for God
Father Patrick Muka will discuss the inborn human need for a relationship with the divine at a March 19 presentation hosted by the St. Philip Neri Catholic Family Life Center in East Greenville.
Border bishops speak against asylum policy, perception of immigrants
"We urge everyone to discover, in these brothers and sisters who are suffering, Christ in need, and to give them the support they require, without assuming they are criminals, as they are sometimes perceived," says the statement.
Nigerian archbishop: Church works as bridge between Muslims, Christians
In Jos, Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama established the Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace Centre in 2011 to "attempt to narrow the gap between different groups that are hostile to each other."
Religious persecution harms individuals, communities, official says
"The right to religious freedom blossoms or withers together with all human rights," Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva, said.
Mainers help ease sting of winter heating costs for low-income families
Nineteen families received energy-saving window inserts as part of a project that brought together St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine's only Catholic college, AmeriCorps volunteers and a local church.