PREP religion teachers receive honors at cathedral

Mostly lay volunteers received awards last Sunday marking their anniversaries of teaching in parishes. A pastor and religious sisters were noted for serving the booming PREP classes for 1,500 Hispanic kids in Avondale.

Philadelphia representative reflects on ‘Gaudium et spes’ conference

Bethany Welch shares her experience of attending a conference in Rome to commemorate the 50th anniversary of "Gaudium et spes" ("Joy and Hope").

Martha’s Choice Marketplace offers help, with dignity

Bishop John McIntyre blessed an innovative food pantry of Catholic Social Services in Norristown, which allows needy families in Montgomery county to select food items in the manner of shopping at a market. See our photo gallery.

Sainthood cause for local priest approved by U.S. bishops

After Archbishop Chaput presented the cause for canonization of Augustinian Father William Atkinson of Delaware County -- the first quadriplegic Catholic priest -- the nation's bishops moved the cause forward, along with two others.

Cause opens for Florida martyrs who proclaimed faith ‘at all cost’

The outdoor Mass and opening of the sainthood cause for 86 Florida martyrs -- known as Antonio Cuipa and Companions -- was celebrated Oct. 12, just east of Tallahassee, the site of what will become the Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Martyrs.

Next year’s new take on the biblical epic ‘Ben-Hur’

This fourth big-screen adaptation of Civil War Gen. Lew Wallace's epic 1880 novel, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ," is produced by the husband-and-wife team of Roma Downey and Mark Burnett.

17 freshmen at Catholic schools get StoneMor award

One freshman student at each of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's high schools received a $3,000 scholarship from the foundation of the company that manages the archdiocesan cemeteries. See the names of all the scholars.

Cardinal Paskai, Hungarian church leader, dies at 88

The retired primate of Hungary, Cardinal Laszlo Paskai, died Aug. 17 at the age of 88. He led the Catholic Church in Hungary as the country moved from communism to democracy at the end of the 1980s.

Let the children come to their own track of the World Meeting

The youth congress for kids and teenagers plans dozens of hands-on, educational and fun activities while parents attend the adult congress, Sept. 22-25.

Street evangelists make pamphlets, rosary beads available to passers-by

David Brandt, a parishioner at St. Joseph Church in Pinole, is the leader of the Berkeley area evangelists, who are part of a network of 190 teams nationwide. He and his handful of fellow evangelists -- he's recruiting more -- have brought their pamphlets and rosary beads to some places that have a lot of questions.