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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Some of Jane Taylor’s earliest faith formation took place in close proximity to the heart of the Catholic Church in Rome. She spent three years in Naples, Italy, when her father was stationed there in the Navy. She made her first Communion with a bishop and was confirmed by a cardinal.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — No country is immune to the trafficking of organs, which has become a global problem that demands a concerted and cooperative response, said a number of speakers at a Vatican summit. To encourage nations to create, tighten or implement legal and ethical best practices for organ donation, the Pontifical Academy of […]
Global
By Judith Sudilovsky
JERUSALEM — Twenty months after having suffered serious damage from an arson attack, the atrium of the Benedictine Church of the Loaves and Fishes was reopened Feb. 12. German Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne, president of the German Association of the Holy Land, celebrating a Mass to mark the event. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who […]
Schools
By Reilly Cuccinelli
Manassas Seton School “We are the Pro-Life Generation!” That’s the phrase that teenagers saw on signs at the March for Life; this year’s march really drove home the fact that hundreds of thousands of teens in the United States are pro-life. Fifteen students from Seton School had the privilege of experiencing this reality again the […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore have urged the House and Senate to pass the Conscience Protection Act of 2017. They called it “essential legislation protecting the fundamental rights of health care providers … to ensure that those providing much-needed health care and health coverage […]
Local
By Lou Baldwin
William C. “Bill” Peffley Jr., 87, the owner along with his wife, Mary, of the Catholic Shop in Norristown, Pa., and a major force in the Legion of Mary, died Jan. 31. At his funeral Mass at Holy Saviour Church in Norristown, Father Francis Peffley, his son and parochial vicar of St. Mary of Sorrows […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — The Diocese of Coimbra concluded its phase of the sainthood cause of Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. Bishop Virgilio Antunes of Coimbra formally closed the local phase of investigation into her life and holiness Feb. 13 in the Carmelite […]
Columns
By Maureen Pratt
“Confession is good for the soul,” they say. I agree. I also find that it helps us to live well no matter what our station or situation in life, especially if we make it a time to move fully out of our comfort zone. During Lent and Advent, nearby parishes regularly have reconciliation services that […]
Columns
By Richard Doerflinger
An earlier column discussed “being Catholic first” — how our moral vision should judge partisan positions, not vice versa. Also essential for a Catholic view of politics is a sense of perspective, or “taking the long view.” Let’s begin with what common sense tells us. Success and failure are equally aspects of human life. “Sometimes […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
In setting out to confront a problem, it’s necessary to understand its causes in order to apply realistic solutions. Child poverty in America provides a painful illustration of what comes of ignoring that truism. Since the mid-1960s, the government has spent more than $22 trillion fighting poverty. In that time the rate of child poverty […]
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