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(Vatican News) — Picking up Pope Francis’s appeal to young people on the 32nd World Youth...

As we give thanks to Almighty God for our many blessings during this time of the year, I would...

It was the 18th consecutive year of compliance in the 18 years since the audits began.

The Independent Oversight Committee has issued the final report on the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, which was created by the Diocese of Allentown in 2019 to provide compensation for victims of clergy sexual abuse as one aspect of their healing.

The Church has made significant progress in reducing incidences of abuse, and in keeping children and vulnerable adults safe. The number of cases of clergy sexual abuse has declined sharply over the past 20 years.

The Coronavirus has forced Catholic Charities to cancel its main fundraising event at a time when the pandemic has made the need for the agency’s services even greater.

Eligible donors can receive a 90-percent state tax credit, and designate that money to the Catholic school of their choice, to be used for scholarships.

A new Catholic magazine has taken root in the Diocese of Allentown and now is looking to grow and inspire those in the Diocese and beyond.

The Vatican today (11/10) released a report on its institutional knowledge and decision making in the case of former Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, who was laicized in February 2019 following allegations of abuse.

George Weigel, biographer of St. John Paul II, told the National Catholic Register that McCarrick...

In his masterpiece, City of God, Saint Augustine of Hippo said, “For the human race is, more than any other species, at once social by nature and quarrelsome by perversion.” The social limitations of the Coronavirus and the Presidential Election prove the wisdom of Augustine’s points.

When a diocesan priest is ordained, he makes a lifelong commitment to serve the needs of the faithful in the Diocese of Allentown.