Cardinal John P. Foley
Best known as the English language commentator for the Pope’s Midnight Christmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11,
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...ublicity photo for the Catholic Standard and Times Philadelphia and the surrounding area have also produced Olympians in the sport of basketball. Theresa Shank-Grentz, an alumnus of Cardinal O’Hara High School, was a member of Immaculata’s Mighty Macs Basketball team and helped her alma mater clinch the AIWA title in
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Saint John Neumann and the Forty Hours Devotion
...of Jesus laid in the tomb. Not long after, the practice spread to Rome by way of Saint Philip Neri and was celebrated on the first Sunday of every month. Subsequent popes expanded the practice to all churches in Rome and Saint Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus spread