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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new Christmas stamp Oct. 10 featuring an image of the Holy Family fleeing to Egypt, there was no uproar about religion in the public square, or in this case, rectangle. “We didn’t get a single phone call or email from anyone who took exception to the […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Americans are becoming more comfortable with living and working in proximity to people of races and cultures different from their own, and exposure to diversity may well be the key. U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke, D-Mich., cites his multicultural background as a factor in his ability to relate to many kinds of people. The […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – An editorial by the director of Radio and TV Marti blasting Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino as a “lackey” of the Cuban government was taken down from the U.S. government agency’s website soon after a newspaper article about it was published. The Washington Post reported May 6 that the editorial read on the […]
Arts
By Nora Hamerman
The stained-glass windows of the Chartres cathedral near Paris, the golden mosaics adorning the domes of the basilica of St. Mark in Venice, the frescoed majesty of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the austere Gothic structure of St. Mary Church in Lubeck in the far north of Germany, with its double organs dating to […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – In an unusually public rebuke of a high-ranking colleague, Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made in letters by an archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States. In a statement released by the Vatican Feb. 4, Cardinal-designate Giuseppe Bertello and Cardinal Giovanni […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the 2012 Ratzinger Prize for Theology on an American expert on the early church fathers and a French scholar of religious philosophy. U.S. Jesuit Father Brian E. Daley and Remi Brague received the award from the pope at a ceremony in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Oct. 20. Pope […]
National
The Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl XLVII last night in New Orleans. It was the first championship game in which the opposing coaches were brothers.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Choosing men and women from every part of the world and from a wide variety of professions, Pope Benedict XVI nominated 45 experts and 49 observers for the upcoming world assembly of bishops. The Oct. 7-28 gathering will include the largest bloc of women – 10 experts and 19 observers – ever […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A coalition of religious groups praised passage of a measure to extend the low interest rate on student loans, calling it a “true bipartisanship” effort. President Barack Obama signed the legislation last Friday. For a one-year period, it keeps the interest rate at 3.4 percent on new loans for millions of college students. […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – Fifty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took a group of white Alabama clergymen to task for suggesting he find ways, other than demonstrations and protests, to seek racial equality. The civil rights leader did not mince words telling the group that included Protestant pastors, a rabbi and a Catholic bishop […]
