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Catholic League girls’ hoops squads see narrow paths to victory
Most of the teams competing in the playoffs were separated by only a single game in the regular season standings. Not surprisingly, the quarterfinal games packed suspense, reports John Knebels.
Lenten choral Vespers at Old St. Joseph’s Church
The March 31 prayer service will include performances of the antiphons and psalms appointed for the day, as well as ensemble selections and organ music by Brahms and Buxtehude.
Spirituality Under the Dome
Morning nurturing your spirituality with Anne Kertz Kernion on "Neuroscience and Well-Being: How Spirituality Affects Our Health and DNA. Anne is the owner/artist of Cards by Anne, an inspirational card company founded in 1986.
Addiction Mass
Addiction mass for those suffering from addiction or have a loved one who suffers from addiction.
Philippine bishop: Duterte’s drug war is ‘illegal, immoral and anti-poor’
President Rodrigo Duterte ran for office promising a crackdown on drug use, and since he took office in 2016, rights groups say more than 20,000 people have been killed in extrajudicial killings, mostly carried out by the country's police.
Religious superiors admit denial, slowness to act against abuse
Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive "sense of family" in their own communities also made them slow to act.
Pope lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago
Pope Francis has lifted the canonical penalties imposed 34 years ago on Father Ernesto Cardenal, 94, the Nicaraguan poet and former member of the Sandinista government.
Vatican summit: Silence, denial are unacceptable, archbishop says
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, who handles abuse cases as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was part of a panel of speakers at a news conference Feb. 18 to outline the Vatican's plans and hopes for the summit meeting on the protection of minors in the church.
Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholics welcome new metropolitan archbishop
UPDATED - Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Borys Gudziak, 58, a native of Syracuse, N.Y. who has led the Paris-based Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Volodymyr the Great, to head the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
In the U.S., a sobering mood after news of McCarrick’s laicization
Even though the Vatican stripping McCarrick of his clerical status Feb. 16 was expected, the news cast a somber mood over those faith communities already grappling with what had happened while he was among them in the past.