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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 […]
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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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By Christie L. Chicoine
NEW YORK – When she qualified for the Olympic Games in June, swimmer Lia Neal, a rising senior at the Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Manhattan, said she felt like it was a dream. On July 28, she and her three teammates on the U.S. swimming team claimed a bronze medal in the […]
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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – A Catholic Korean War chaplain who selflessly pulled wounded men from enemy fire and helped his fellow prisoners of war keep a sense of hope was honored posthumously with the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor, in an April 11 White House ceremony. In paying tribute to Father Emil J. Kapaun, an […]
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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – A Pew study on the increase in the number of religiously unaffiliated people and a sharp decline in the number of those who consider themselves Protestant may show no drop in numbers of Catholics, but analysts say it’s still a cautionary tale for the church. The “‘Nones’ On The Rise” study released Oct. […]
Global
By Paul Jeffrey Catholic News Service
ABYEI, – When Bruna Maloal was a child, Abyei was a peaceful place, and every year her tribe, the Dinka Ngok, welcomed the Misseriya nomads who came to the region with their vast herds of cattle. “They came with their cows for the water and grass, and we would eat together. They harvested the gum […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – With a warm embrace, a helping hand, shared prayer, a long discussion and lunch together, Pope Francis spent several hours with retired Pope Benedict XVI March 23 at the papal summer villa. Pope Francis gave Pope Benedict an icon of Mary and Jesus that the Russian Orthodox delegation to his inauguration […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Here is a list of the 14 cardinals from Canada and the United States who are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI: UNITED STATES Raymond Burke, head of the Apostolic Signature Daniel N. DiNardo […]
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The Catholic Herald’s 2014 wedding issue is out this week. Couples from across the Arlington Diocese sent in their photos for the issue.
Movies
Engaging political documentary in which filmmakers Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan set out to answer the question, “What does Barack Obama believe?” In bringing his 2010 best-seller “The Roots of Obama’s Rage,” to the screen, right-leaning scholar D’Souza, who also narrates, uses the 44th president’s own memoir as his starting point for a globetrotting journey […]
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