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By Christine Stoddard
As attacks against Christians in the Middle East continue, Christianity and Islam peacefully converged at the Seventh North American Syriac Symposium June 21-24 at Catholic University in Washington. Scholars explored everything from the portrayals of the Virgin Mary in the Quran to Christian law in medieval Iraq, with an emphasis on late antiquity. In his […]
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By Nora Hamerman | for The Catholic Herald
The Catholic community in Clinton, Md., will celebrate the first Catholic baptism of Native Americans in the original 13 Colonies July 5. It took place 375 years ago in 1640 when Jesuit Father Andrew White baptized the Tayac (emperor) of the Piscataway Indians. A mural by a Catholic artist from Virginia, Henry Wingate, records the […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Bill O’Reilly (a lifelong Catholic) posed the following question on national television: “Since the Catholic Church condemns same-sex marriage, why haven’t Catholic clergy publicly addressed the matter?” How would you answer? (A reader in Baltimore) A. The position of the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage is clear and straightforward. In January 2015, while in […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Before a packed auditorium June 25, the Fairfax County School Board voted to add sections on sexual orientation and gender identification to its family life curriculum. The vote came on the heels of a vote last month which added “gender identity” to its non-discrimination policy, a decision some say came too quickly. “Parents have very […]
National
By Tom Tracy | catholic News Service
KEY WEST, Fla. – Like on any true pilgrimage, a group of Floridians met strangers along the way and were greeted by local people as well as travelers doing things both secular and recreation on a sunny summer Saturday in the Florida Keys. They sang hymns, prayed part of the Divine Mercy, read a pilgrim […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In word and deed, Pope Francis will take his vision of a Catholic’s approach to family life, parish life, charity, economics, immigration and good governance to Cuba and the United States during a Sept. 19-27 visit. Visiting both Cuba and the United States on the same trip not only acknowledges his role […]
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By Matthew Gambino | catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – The first stop for Pope Francis when he visits Philadelphia the morning of Sept. 26 will be the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul to celebrate a special Mass for the people of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The previously unannounced Mass is part of the pope’s itinerary for his Philadelphia visit announced […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis visited retired Pope Benedict XVI at his Vatican residence June 30 to wish him a happy summer. After a 30-minute visit from Pope Francis, the retired pope then headed off to the traditional papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome. It was the first time the retired pope […]
Global
By Laura Ieraci | catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Jews and Catholics are “strangers no more, but friends, and brothers and sisters,” thanks to the “authentic fraternal dialogue” between the two religions since the Second Vatican Council, said Pope Francis. The pope held an audience at the Vatican June 30 with participants of an international conference, organized by the International Council […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent same-sex marriage decision, these sober thoughts occur: (1) The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has rendered a decision that puts the Court at odds with the Constitution, with reason and with biblical religion. (2) SCOTUS has gotten it wrong before. It got it wrong on […]
