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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis formally began his ministry as bishop of Rome and as pope by pledging to protect the Catholic Church, the dignity of each person and the beauty of creation, just like St. Joseph protected Mary and Jesus. “To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – It took the combined clout of an actress best known for playing an angel and her big-ratings executive-producer husband, but Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have pulled off the making of a 10-hour miniseries, “The Bible,” that gets its premiere Sunday, March 3, on the History cable channel. The miniseries runs 8-10 p.m. […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Columnist E.J. Dionne is fond of saying, “there’s no such thing as ‘the Catholic vote’ and it’s going to decide the election.” What Dionne’s seeming non sequitur hints at is that the Catholic vote is no longer the solid voting bloc it was in the past. However, though now it’s more amorphous, it […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – A document on the new evangelization exhorts Catholics at all levels in the Church to invite those who have stopped practicing their faith to do so once again. “Bishops, eparchs, pastors, catechists and indeed all Catholics reaching out to our missing brothers and sisters must touch the lives of others, interact with them, […]
Global
By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – On the evening of July 4, 1976, Rodolfo Capalozza, then a seminarian in Argentina for the Pallottine religious community in Buenos Aires, made a fateful decision to catch a movie and then visit his parents. In the morning, Capalozza would learn that two other seminarians and three priests from the community […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” a committee of the U.S. bishops said in a new statement on religious liberty. Titled “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” the 12-page statement by the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty also calls for “a fortnight for […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – As the Girl Scouts of the USA marks its centennial year, Catholic dioceses around the country are marking the 100th anniversary with special Masses bringing together Catholic Girl Scouts, their parents and troop leaders with the larger Catholic community. At one such Mass at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross in March, Cardinal […]
National
By Catholic News Service
NEWTOWN, Conn. – Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, was at Sandy Hook Elementary School almost immediately after the horrific shooting Dec. 14. When the enormity of the tragedy began to unfold, other priests, chaplains and Catholic Charities personnel “were on the ground,” Brian Wallace, diocesan director of communications, […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – As momentum builds to implement new limits on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, the Catholic bishops of the United States remain focused on seeking “reasonable restrictions” on gun ownership without infringing upon Second Amendment rights. “The bishops continue to support measures that control the sale and use of firearms and continue to […]
National
By Joyce Coronel Catholic News Service
PHOENIX – As Manny Yrique prayed before the Blessed Sacrament, his heart was burdened with concerns about the United States and the level of animosity in American discourse. “I knelt down to pray and I was overwhelmed by the feeling that Our Lord wanted me to pray a rosary,” Yrique said. “I felt him telling […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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