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Designer Bag Bingo to Benefit Our Lady of Czestochowa Young Group Poland Pilgrimage

On Saturday, March 23rd the OLOC Youth Group is hosting a Designer Bag Bingo at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. All proceeds benefit the youth group Pilgrimage to Poland.

Silence, Suffering, and the Way of Beauty

The Collegium Institute presents: Silence, Suffering and the Way of Beauty: An Evening Conversation with Makoto Fujimura.

31st Annual Pennsylvanians for Human Life Banquet

Please join fellow pro-lifers in celebrating life from all across the Philadelphia area.

Symposium among events marking Mission San Diego’s 250th anniversary

Mission San Diego de Alcala marks the 250th year of its founding this year, and as part of a yearlong commemoration, the grounds of California's oldest church will be the site of a Scholars' Symposium in March.

New Mexico close to passing ‘most extreme bill in nation’ on abortion

New Mexico is one step closer to passing a bill that loosens the state's already liberal abortion laws and would erase virtually all abortion restrictions in the event that the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade is overturned.

This year’s Lent could be just what struggling church needs

This set-aside time for prayer and reflection -- after all the church has been through in recent months -- could provide both a healing balm and a needed boost forward, some say.

German theologians say church restrictions threaten their credibility

Catholic theology faculties in Germany have accused the church of restricting their freedom and warned that theology's "scientific credibility" could be damaged by reinforced rules and procedures.

Arkansas diocese updates clergy abuse report after independent review

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor released an updated list of people who had assignments in Arkansas and against whom credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor were filed.

Basketball playoff schedules set for PCL boys, girls

See the schedules of Philadelphia Catholic League action from prequarterfinals this week all the way through the championship games Feb. 25.

In video, Bridgeport bishop calls sex abuse by clerics crime and sin

In a video posted Feb. 11 on YouTube, Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, offered support for the "many sisters and brothers who have been wounded, violated, hurt and abused at the hands of priests and deacons" and whose sexual abuse in their youth "changed their lives forever."