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Remains of Fr. Kapaun, Korean War military chaplain, identified

WICHITA, Kan. — A U.S. government forensic team announced March 4 it has identified the remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, who was an Army chaplain and died in a Chinese prisoner-of-war camp during the Korean War.

3/5/21

Catholic News Service

Exodus 90's regimen of prayer, asceticism, fraternity gets men's attention

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Three months of cold showers and no alcohol, soda, dessert or televised sports: It sounds less like Lent and more like a military boot camp.

3/4/21

Jodi Marlin | Catholic News Service

The arduous birth pangs of 'Roe v. Wade'

ORLANDO, Fla. — The independent drama "Roe v. Wade" had its red-carpet premiere, billed as the first large-scale movie opening since the pandemic began, on Feb. 26 at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.

3/3/21

Michael Augsberger | Catholic News Service
Bishops address concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccine's abortion link

WASHINGTON — Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was "was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines," the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees said March 2.More

3/3/21

Catholic News Service

New app for Mass helps Catholics stay linked to the church's worship

PORTLAND, Ore. — The pandemic, for all its horrors, pulled Catholics into the digital age.More

3/2/21

ED LANGLOIS | Catholic News Service

Over bishops’ objections, U.S. House passes controversial Equality Act

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in a 224-206 vote Feb. 25.More

2/26/21

Julie Asher | Catholic News Service

New NBA player credits making it to the pros to his faith, family, school

INDIANAPOLIS — On the day his dream came true, Desmond Bane stood in front of the modest home where he grew up, wanting to pay tribute to all the people who supported him along the way.More

2/26/21

JOHN SHAUGHNESSY | Catholic News Service

Wisconsin student gives car won in raffle to co-worker who biked to work

APPLETON, Wis. — Raised in a family where faith is important, Haley Bridges has always followed the Golden Rule.More

2/26/21

SAM LUCERO | Catholic News Service

Health care chaplains embrace self-care in COVID-19 work

WASHINGTON — When health care chaplains talk about the need for self-care, they really mean it, especially after this past year.More

2/26/21

CAROL ZIMMERMANN | Catholic News Service

Priest plans to auction coveted baseball cards to aid low-income students

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A baseball card collection worth thousands of dollars was a split second away from being dropped into a trash can and disappearing forever in a landfill.More

2/24/21

DAVE HRBACEK | Catholic News Service

S.C. governor signs abortion bill, says right to life is 'fundamental'

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Saying "there are a lot of happy hearts beating right now," Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina signed a bill into law Feb. 18 that would prohibit most abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected on ultrasound.More

2/19/21

Catholic News Service

Word change in missal doxology in effect on Ash Wednesday

WASHINGTON — A change in wording to the concluding doxology of orations in the Roman Missal, from "one God, for ever and ever" to "God, for ever and ever," took effect on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17.More

2/19/21

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