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By Catholic News Service
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Expressing shock and sadness, Kalamazoo Bishop Paul J. Bradley offered prayers for the six people who were killed and two others who were injured by a gunman in the western Michigan city. The bishop also called for an end to all forms of violence in a statement released Feb. 21, the day […]
National
By Catholic News Service
IRONDALE, Ala. – In an early morning tweet Feb. 22, the Eternal Word Television Network said its founder, Mother Angelica, remains in a “delicate” condition. Members of her religious order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration at Our Lady of Angels Monastery in Hanceville, asked for prayers for her. In a new posting on the […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The Paul VI girls defeated St. John’s 70-61 to win their third consecutive WCAC championship. The game was played Feb. 22 at American University’s Bender Arena in Washington. To buy photos from this game click here.
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – As the nation looks ahead to upcoming Supreme Court decisions without Justice Antonin Scalia’s input, it may see a lot of tie scores. That’s because the Feb. 13 death of one of six Catholic members of the court – who often was described as its most conservative voice and known for his strict […]
Local
Fr. Paul Scalia, one of Justice Antonin Scalia’s nine children and a priest of the Arlington Diocese, was the homilist at his father’s funeral Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Feb. 20. We are gathered here because of one man. A man known personally to many of […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
We say it so often, sometimes more than several times a day: Thy will be done. It is the anthem of surrender. But do we stop and listen to the words as we say them? Do we let the full weight of their meaning take root in our consciousness? Do we absorb the message and […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for a moratorium on executions during the Year of Mercy and said the fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” applies not only to the innocent but to the guilty as well. “Even a criminal has the inviolable right to life, a gift of God,” he said Feb. 21 after […]
Local
By Mike Flach
Amidst a crowd of political, religious and judicial leaders, Justice Antonin Scalia was remembered as a man who loved his Catholic faith and his country. But above all “he was Dad. He was the father that God gave us for the great adventure of family life.” That was among the points made by Father Paul […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ATLANTA (CNS) — The head of the Eternal Word Television Network said Feb. 18 that a federal appeals court ruling handed down earlier that day “in effect” orders the Catholic global network “to violate its religious beliefs and comply” with the federal contraceptive mandate or “pay massive fines to the IRS.” “We are extremely disappointed […]
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