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Catholic leaders discuss what’s needed to heal church in crisis
Permanent solutions to the church's "twin crises" of sexual abuse and leadership will require more lay participation -- including people "without influence and without connections" -- said speakers at two recent forums.
Former Eagle Chris Carter to speak on addictions at Catholic school
Father Judge High School in Northeast Philadelphia will host Carter, who will share his personal story and tell how to support those with addictions Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Home-bound elderly benefit from Catholic students’ outreach
At a Catholic Schools Week event last week in Philadelphia, about 450 kids and Catholic leaders filled 3,000 bags with personal items for seniors served by Catholic Housing and Community Services.
For second time in months, CRS forced to cut funding to Gaza
The Gaza 2020 project provided temporary job placements, food vouchers, entrepreneurship training and grants, and emergency preparedness training. The program ended Jan. 31.
Witness to Christ with love, pope tells Catholics on Arabian Peninsula
Meeting with tens of thousands of Catholics living in the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis urged them to be meek, peaceful and express their Christian identity by loving others.
Opioids claiming lives and affecting many others, say panelists
Many of those attending a Feb. 3 workshop on the opioid crisis at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington told personal stories of pain and loss as opioids collided with their lives.
Fed director discusses wealth gap between black, white households
La Salle University will present a Feb. 6 lecture featuring Ray Boshara of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, who will join several other panelists in exploring the connections between race and wealth inequity.
‘Jesus was like this’ depicts Christ in modern Philadelphia
St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Philadelphia will host a Feb. 17 performance of the new musical by Barbara Purnell Boyle, which seeks to entertain, inspire and evangelize.
Longtime teacher in Montessori method dies at age 85
Sister Yolanda Amoroso of the Religious Teachers Filippini entered the order in 1948 and served as a primary-school teacher in seven dioceses and archdioceses, including Philadelphia.
U.S. priest laicized for child abuse in East Timor; police investigate
After accusations of sex abuse, the Vatican has laicized American Richard Daschbach, a former Divine Word missionary who ran orphanages in East Timor for 27 years.