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Archdiocese of Santa Fe to file for bankruptcy protection
Archbishop John C. Wester explained decided to take the action because the archdiocese faces up to 40 active claims from alleged victims of clergy sex abuse. “We just don’t have any money. If we’re not here, we can’t help anybody.”
St. Bernadette Parish draws 300 runners for Turkey Trot fundraiser
The Drexel Hill parish's Catholic school benefited by money raised from the 5K run Nov. 26, but everyone was a winner at the 10th annual event, which has become a new community tradition.
Teens get inside look at religious life while serving elderly
The Hospitality Club of Holy Family Home in Philadelphia enables young girls to share in the work of the Little Sisters of the Poor, who minister to impoverished seniors.
Young pro-life leader makes time for prayer, witness at UPenn
Standing up for the sanctity of life at a large secular university takes courage. Junior nursing major Theresa Dierkes of Drexel Hill is undaunted in her commitment of joining prayer and action for life.
Seven convicted of murdering Honduran activist Berta Caceres
Caceres, who founded the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras in 1993, was murdered in her home in La Esperanza early March 3, 2016, two days before her 45th birthday, in what police initially called an attempted robbery.
Pope pays tribute to slain Pakistani Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti
Bhatti, who served as Pakistan's minority affairs minister, was gunned down in 2011 after he said he would seek the reform of blasphemy laws to stop the laws from being misused to persecute innocent Christians.
Pope tells kids battling cancer to talk to their guardian angel every day
It is not easy living with cancer, but there is always some kind of victory that awaits each person on the horizon, Pope Francis told young oncology patients from Poland.
Women say church leaders must listen to survivors before abuse summit
All three survivors urged victims of abuse to "go to the police," adding that they believed internal investigations by the church have consistently failed to address the problem since the first cases were reported by journalists in the 1980s.
Despite migrants’ plight, outreach to them gives nun ‘hope in humanity’
Sister Norma Pimentel's caring outreach to immigrants on the U.S./Mexico border earned her the praise of Pope Francis in 2015 during an ABC-TV virtual town hall meeting with the pontiff.
New Mexico attorney general serves search warrant at Santa Fe Archdiocese
Agents from the office of New Mexico's attorney general executed a search warrant to obtain records from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe regarding at least two former priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse.