A funeral Mass for Sister Rita Woehlcke of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, was offered Sept. 30 at St. Joseph Villa in Philadelphia. Sister Rita, formerly Sister George Ellen, died Sept. 23. She was 77.

Catholic and Jewish scholars came together for the landmark gathering at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University Oct. 9-11 to discuss new research coming out of the recently opened Vatican archives of Pope Pius XII’s pontificate before, during and after World War II and the Holocaust.

In his second year as an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, Abraham “Abe” Lucas is living his childhood dream. Even so, it’s faith, not football, that’s the most important thing for this self-described “hard-core Catholic.”

La historia de la pareja de esposos Luis y Yesenia, y su hijo pequeño, todos nacidos en México, ilustra lo que pasan muchos inmigrantes como ellos una vez que llegan a Estados Unidos sin permiso legal.

The story of Luis and Yesenia, who are husband and wife, and their infant son — all born in Mexico — illustrates what many immigrants like them go through once they arrive in the United States without legal permission.