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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Airports are places where even a brief encounter with a kind and welcoming chaplain can have a big impact on leading a person to Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. Addressing the World Seminar for Catholic Civil Aviation Chaplaincies at the Vatican June 11, the pope said airport chaplains meet people from many […]
Movies
The titular hero (Tyler Perry) of the best-selling crime novels by James Patterson anchors an action-packed thriller, directed by Rob Cohen. Together with his partners – a tough Irish cop (Edward Burns) and a rookie (Rachel Nichols) eager to stand toe to toe with the big guys – Tyler’s character, a detective and forensic psychologist, […]
National
By Catholic News Service
DAYTON, Ohio – Martin Doblmeier, an Emmy award-winning filmmaker from Alexandria known for his profiles of powerful historical figures, will never forget spending “two glorious days with Mother Teresa.” He said his time with the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, who died in 1997 and was beatified in 2003, was all about “listening and […]
National
By Ann Carey
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Pro-life champion Helen Alvare was honored as the winner of the 2012 Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal. Inaugurated in 2011, the medal is given annually by the University of Notre Dame Fund to Protect Human Life to an individual who “steadfastly” affirms and defends the sanctity of human life. “From the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME – Miguel Diaz, preparing to leave his post as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, acknowledged tensions between the Obama administration and the U.S. Catholic bishops, but said his goal always was to build bridges between the U.S. government and the Vatican. Meeting a small group of reporters Nov. 8, Diaz said he grew […]
Global
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
ROME – For the second straight year, the Pontifical North American College took home the championship title in Rome’s Clericus Cup soccer series. Captain America, Uncle Sam, Batman and Robin, Wolverine, the Mario Brothers and a fluffy yellow chicken were part of the flag-waving crowd that exploded into cheers when the NAC Martyrs beat the […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Americans in a telephone survey conducted in 2010 said they believe news media coverage of religion is sensationalized. The survey findings, released only April 5, also revealed different types of audiences for religious news, including the “focused” and “specialized” consumers of religious news who make up about one-fourth of all media consumers. In […]
National
By Patricia Zapor
BALTIMORE – When Ken Hackett graduated from Boston College with a business degree in 1968, he expected to work in the corporate world, handling big money accounts, maybe at the phone company that employed his dad. But a spontaneous decision to instead join the Peace Corps led Hackett to the career from which he’s retiring […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
EMMITSBURG, Md. – In the final days of June 1863, the Civil War came perilously close to home for the Daughters of Charity in Emmitsburg. Days before the Battle of Gettysburg, the acres of their farmland property at the foothills of the Catoctin Mountains were used as a camp for tens of thousands of Union […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – With a background as a history professor, college administrator and head of a Catholic Charities agency, Jonathan Reyes sees that combination meshing well with the job of promoting the church’s social teaching as the new head of the U.S. bishops’ conference’s Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development. In an interview with Catholic […]
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