A new Vatican declaration on human dignity presents “clarity” in charity, amid “so much confusion,” the chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee told OSV News.

Mother Teresa lived to satiate the thirst of Jesus on the cross. She accomplished this through her prayers and through her loving hands as she ministered to the sick and suffering.

Philadelphia’s archbishop has called for prayer following a mass shooting at an outdoor gathering in that city marking an Islamic holiday.

An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Doris Johnson (formerly Sister Joseph Marian) will be offered April 15 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Doris died April 9. She was 84 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 64 years.

The movie is based on the real-life experiences of Catholic nurse Irene Gut Opdyke (1918-2003). Famed for her rescue of Jews, Opdyke was named Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli Holocaust Commission.