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By Rhina Guidos
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Some thought this day would never arrive. Others hoped and some always knew it would. On May 23, the Catholic Church beatified Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez of El Salvador, who was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating Mass, just a day after pleading and ordering soldiers to stop killing […]
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By Michael Kelly | Catholic News Service
DUBLIN – Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has said the church needs a “reality check” after Irish voters overwhelmingly supported same-sex marriage. Ireland was the first country in the world to put same-sex marriage to a popular vote and the May 22 poll was backed by 62 percent of the population. Same-sex marriage is now […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The power of the Holy Spirit transforms people into bold witnesses of the Gospel, who reach out to others, exercise charity and live in harmony with creation, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with tens of thousands of people gathered in St. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said he wants to be remembered as “a good person who tried to do good. I cannot ask for anything more than that.” The statement, as well as comments about his life as pope and situations that move him to tears, were part of an interview he gave in late […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Not long after St. John XXIII’s social encyclical “Mater et Magistra” made its appearance in 1961, a wisecrack began making the rounds among Catholics who’d taken umbrage: “Mater, si; magistra, no” – mother, yes; teacher, no. In other words, the church has a maternal relationship with her members but is not their teacher on matters […]
Local
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for Military Services celebrated the annual memorial Mass honoring U.S. military personnel May 17 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The nation’s observance of Memorial Day is Monday, May 25.
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By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The gaze of Jesus can change a person’s life just like it did with St. Peter, Pope Francis said. “He always looks at us with love. He asks us something, he forgives us and he gives us a mission,” the pope said May 22 during his early morning Mass in the Domus […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
During Marymount University’s commencement exercises, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Tony P. Hall encouraged Marymount University undergraduate degree candidates to “take the opportunity that is always around” to serve by “doing the thing that is in front of you,” as Mother Teresa advised him when he visited her […]
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By Laura Ieraci | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis asked Catholics worldwide to show solidarity through their prayers for Catholics in China and for persecuted Christians over the Pentecost weekend. The World Day of Prayer for the Church in China is observed each year on the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, May 24, which this year falls […]
Global
By Michael Swan | Catholic News Service
TORONTO – As Toronto gets set to host the Pan Am Games, rights campaigners are putting their best efforts into ensuring that the city does not become a playground for human traffickers while the multi-sport, billion-dollar event takes place. Led by Catholic religious sisters, a broad coalition is getting ready for the July 10-26 Pan […]
