Lutherans, Catholics, should seek pardon for past persecutions, pope says
ROME - Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome's Lutheran church on Sunday, said both sides, Catholics and Lutherans, should seek forgiveness for past persecutions.
View ArticlePope Francis hopes to bridge Christian-Muslim divide in Africa
NAIROBI – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for ethnic and religious reconciliation at the start of his first tour of Africa, where he will address a fast-growing Catholic population and seek to heal...
View ArticleMother Teresa to be made Catholic saint in September - report
VATICAN CITY - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, an Italian...
View ArticlePope gives tough love to Mexico's political, church elite
MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis challenged Mexico's political and ecclesial elites on Saturday to provide their people with security, justice and courageous pastoral care to confront the drug-inspired...
View ArticleChaput mourns loss of Scalia, calls him 'legal genius'
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput mourned the loss of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Sunday.
View ArticleChaput: A bitter time and its lessons about protecting children, supporting...
This news about grand jury findings in Altoona and Johnstown brings back ugly feelings for so many within our own Archdiocese, which learned its own lessons about child sexual abuse the hard way. The...
View ArticleStudent killed, four injured in Delaware crash
School mourning as police continue investigating
View ArticleMontco priest gets papal powers from Vatican
A Montgomery County priest is among about 1,000 of those chosen by the Vatican to go forth and absolve sins normally reserved for the pope.
View ArticlePope in Palm Sunday homily decries indifference to refugees
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday homily decried what he called indifference to the refugees flooding into Europe, making a comparison to authorities who washed their hands of Jesus' fate...
View ArticleGlobal Catholic Network founder Mother Angelica has died
Known to millions of viewers simply as "Mother Angelica," the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network died Easter Sunday at the rural Alabama monastery where she lived about 45 miles north of...
View ArticleSaint Charles Borromeo Seminary searching for new home
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary searching for new home
View ArticleCatholic legislators feel Philly Archdiocese's ire over abuse bill votes
PHILADELPHIA — Roman Catholic legislators say they have been publicly shamed during Mass, called out in church bulletins and disinvited to parish events as the Philadelphia Archdiocese campaigns...
View ArticlePhilly Archdiocese attacks on Catholic legislators an abhorrent perversion of...
“We know in faith that Jesus seeks us out. He wants to heal our wounds, to soothe our feet which hurt from traveling alone, to wash each of us clean of the dust from our journey.”
View ArticleVatican leaks trial nears end with requests for convictions
VATICAN CITY — Prosecutors asked a Vatican tribunal on Monday to absolve one journalist and give a suspended, one-year sentence to another for publishing books based on confidential Vatican documents...
View ArticleVatican: It's still OK to be cremated, just don't spread ashes
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Tuesday published guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated, saying their remains cannot be scattered, divvied up or kept at home but rather stored in a sacred,...
View ArticleStudent's artwork to grace cover of Philadelphia archbishop's Christmas card
A Chester County student's depiction of the Nativity will adorn the Christmas card sent out this season by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.
View ArticleChaput: Fear may lead immigrants, refugees to avoid prayer service intended...
Editor's note: As part of his weekly column, which follows below, Archbishop Chaput has made a last-minute plea to Catholics and other Philadelphia residents:
View ArticleRoman Catholic church in Delco to close
A Roman Catholic church in Delaware County will close next month and may be sold.
View ArticleFacebook blames glitch for shutdown of Catholic pages
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is blaming a technical glitch for knocking several Catholic-focused Facebook pages with millions of followers offline for more than a day.
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