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Sally’s Sanctuary: City Mission creates a space for women to rebuild their lives with dignity and hope
3+ week, 49+ min ago (24+ words) A sign that says "Jesus Saves" marks the campus of City Mission, a faith-based homeless shelter in Washington, Pa. The campus includes multiple......
Gregory Smith: The Bible on the porch
2+ week, 19+ min ago (34+ words) As I walked up to my door the other day, I noticed a book on the porch. What I found was a Bible, with a note on the back from a local church. Apparently......
St. John Ukrainian volunteers pinch pierogi to restore their historic church
2+ week, 3+ day ago (40+ words) In October, the National Fund for Sacred Places awarded St. John a $200,000 grant to repair and restore its exterior, roof and gilded dome.Before the church receives the money, however, it must raise $200,000 to match it....
St. Joseph the Worker Parish plans to close all but one of its churches
2+ week, 49+ min ago (26+ words) At one point in time, a swath of a dozen neighborhoods in the suburbs just east of the city " including Braddock, Swissvale, Forest Hills and......
Young adults turn to Quakers' silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world
4+ week, 1+ day ago (23+ words) PHILADELPHIA " At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological......
Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC
4+ week, 49+ min ago (26+ words) WASHINGTON " The imposing Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers.......
U.S. Catholic bishops select conservative culture warrior to lead them during Trump’s second term
2+ week, 4+ day ago (29+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops have elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during President Donald Trump's second term...
David Mills: America's most popular thanksgiving prayer, and what to do about it
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (26+ words) It's easier to be thankful when you have something " or Someone " to thank, and believe that the world is on balance a better place than......
Vatican answers African bishops concerned about polygamy with document praising monogamous marriage
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (16+ words) The Vatican has doubled down on the value of monogamous marriage between a man and woman...
Under glare of world's media, Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (25+ words) VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances......