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Plan for drug injection site latest in ‘dose of despair,’ says archbishop

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 29, 2019

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia said the city’s plan to create a safe drug injection site now that it has the legal go-ahead to do so “is simply the latest dose of despair offered by a confused and suffering culture.”

Safe injection sites for drug addicts ‘a form of euthanasia,’ priest says

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 21, 2019

Safe injection sites are “a form of euthanasia,” according to a Philadelphia priest who has spent almost 50 years ministering to those suffering from addiction.

Addiction ministry centers on the power of the Eucharist

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 29, 2019

While belief in the Real Presence has declined sharply among American Catholics, one ministry is placing the Eucharist at the center of its expanded efforts to combat addiction.

Not all Catholics ‘get’ social justice, experts say

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 22, 2019

Dioceses, parishes and religious congregations usually have some sort of social justice coordinator, who advocates for faith-based responses to issues such as immigration, racism, poverty or climate change. But for all the discussion and outreach, do Catholics in the pews actually understand what social justice means?

US investigation of priest sex abuse produces first charges

Associated Press, Church in the US
Sep 5, 2019

Federal prosecutors filed their first charges Thursday in a sweeping investigation of child sexual abuse by clerics in Pennsylvania, accusing a former Catholic priest of lying to the FBI about whether he knew an accuser and his family.

Priest accused of theft spent money on beach house, Grindr dates

Associated Press, Church in the US
Aug 22, 2019

A Pennsylvania Catholic priest is accused of stealing nearly $100,000 from his parish and spending it on a beach house and men he met on the Grindr dating app.