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Archmere Academy’s fall semester blood drive booked a robust 38 donors, including several first-time donors, on Thursday, Nov. 21. A combination of mostly students, with some teachers and parents in the mix, teamed up to save lives. Minus a few...
PHILADELPHIA-- In the wake of recent high-profile cases of financial mismanagement at parishes, experts said transparency, accountability and greater involvement of finance councils in parish business operations can head off losses in money -- and in pastoral trust. On Nov....
BETHESDA, Md. -- For Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky, one of the best things about winning Olympic medals is sharing them. Now the most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history, Ledecky paid a visit Oct. 22 to her high school...
A Brooklyn, New York, priest has been removed as pastor after an investigation revealed he had transferred close to $2 million in parish funds to bank accounts affiliated with the embattled New York City mayor's former chief of staff. In...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, as the sole administrator for the Vatican's pension fund, which is currently unable to guarantee future obligations in...
VATICAN CITY -- Culture and education must go hand-in-hand to form students into agents of social change driven by hope, Pope Francis said. "There is no need for educational models that are mere 'achievement factories' without a cultural plan that...
Students in Mimi Corcoran’s fourth and fifth grade math enrichment classes from Christ the Teacher School engaged in investigative work in preparation for their participation in the Historic Odessa Foundation Storybook Tree Exhibit. They read books from the “Sir Cumference”...
We’re coming up on the Feast of Christ the King on the liturgical calendar, and Advent is right around the corner. While many parishes delay events until after the Christmas season, there are still some things to do, and...
(This item is being republished from Lent 2020 at the doorstep of the Coronavirus. We're figuring not many people were able to try it. Here it is just in time for Thanksgiving grocery shopping. TIP: The elusive boiler onions...
A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion -- including one banning chemical or medication abortions -- violated the state's constitution and could not be enforced. Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County District Court wrote in...