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Map of Catholic School Closings

An official statement is expected later today, but, right now, Twitter is abuzz as people are confirming the closings of Catholic schools in the Philadelphia […]

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Prendergast, Bonner, Two Additional High Schools and 44 Elementary Schools Recommended to Close

Today, a 4 p.m. announcement has been scheduled so that the Philadelphia Archdiocese can inform the public of the school closings that have been recommended. […]

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Students on Edge as Archdiocese Plans Announcement on School Closings

Catholic Schools On Edge for Closings. There are 177 Catholic schools in the five-county Philadelphia area. Students are awaiting announcement today that will determine the […]

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Finding God in Sweat Pants and an Eagles Jersey

So I have gone church shopping. My route back to church—I’d been away a while—is, to my chagrin, a predictable one: Crisis in late summer […]

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Cardinal John P. Foley Dead at 76

Cardinal John P. Foley Died. Cardinal John P. Foley died yesterday at the age of 76. Cardinal Foley was born in Darby but became known […]

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Cardinal Bevilacqua Can’t Recognize Longtime Aide

Cardinal Bevilacqua’s lawyer is asserting that his client’s testimony should be inadmissible now that the Cardinal cannot recognize his longtime aide, Monsignor William Lynn. Bevilacqua’s […]

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Catholic Church Will Now Teach Us How to Handle Sex Abuse

With all due respect, Pope Benedict XVI either lives in an alternate reality or needs better PR handlers. His comments over the weekend to U.S. […]

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Cardinal Bevilacqua Testifies on Tape

The former Cardinal—now 88-years-old—is being questioned at his place at St. Charles Borromeo seminary in Wynnewood. Cancer, dementia, and other health concerns prompted Bevilacqua to […]

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Cardinal Bevilacqua to Testify on Video

Cardinal Bevilacqua—the key witness in the Catholic church sexual abuse case—is expected to be ruled mentally competent to testify, but will probably do so on […]

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Judge Close to Decision on Bevilacqua Competency

In sexual-abuse scandal news not related to Penn State, a judge in Philadelphia expects to receive a report sometime next week that will help her […]

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Deja Vu for Catholic Penn Staters

It is the same story. The Penn State scandal is identical to what we’ve been learning about the Catholic Church over the past decade. Not […]

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Penn State Scandal Conjures Up Memories of Catholic Church

The ongoing scandal out in State College this week hits home for a lot of students, alumni and parents in the area. It also evokes […]

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Ritualistic Animal Beheadings at a Vineland Cemetery

Police responded to a call at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Vineland, New Jersey yesterday after a groundskeeper reported of finding a decapitated pig head […]

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New Suit Filed Against Archdiocese

Another victim has come forth to file charges in the ongoing sex-abuse scandal involving the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The new suit names the Archdiocese, Cardinal […]

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Judge to Allow Experts to Examine Bevilacqua

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua might play a key role in the high-profile sex abuse scandal involving the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The problem, though, is that the […]