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By Catholic News Service
HANOI, Vietnam – Government authorities from a district in Vietnam’s Central Highlands forced ethnic villagers to remove Catholic pictures and items from their chapel, and authorities replaced them with images of the late communist leader Ho Chi Minh. A church source told the Asian church news agency UCA News that government authorities from Kon Thuc […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Knights of Columbus “have worked tirelessly” to help U.S. Catholics recognize and oppose efforts to “redefine and restrict the exercise of the right to religious freedom,” said a message signed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state. The theme chosen for the Knights’ Aug. 7-9 convention in Anaheim, Calif., “Proclaim […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A coalition of religious groups praised passage of a measure to extend the low interest rate on student loans, calling it a “true bipartisanship” effort. President Barack Obama signed the legislation last Friday. For a one-year period, it keeps the interest rate at 3.4 percent on new loans for millions of college students. […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Catholic Church’s challenges to the federal government’s contraceptive mandate under the health care law is not an attempt to “throw” the presidential election in favor of one candidate or against another, said the chairman of the bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom. Speaking with members of the Catholic Press Association […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – To help bishops determine the credibility of alleged Marian apparitions, the Vatican has translated and published procedural rules from 1978 that had previously been available only in Latin. The “Norms regarding the manner of proceedings in the discernment of presumed apparitions or revelations” were approved by Pope Paul VI in 1978 and […]
National
By Christie L. Chicoine
PHILADELPHIA – Tina Kent credits the Girl Scouts for teaching her skills in leadership, conflict resolution and critical thinking and for giving her an appreciation for the outdoors and opportunities to travel. Kent became a Brownie at age 8 in her native Vermillion, S.D., and remained a Scout until she was a teenager in Waco, […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – Ten years after passing their “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” the heads of nearly all U.S. dioceses are in full compliance with the 17-point document, according to recently completed audits. Two dioceses – Baker, Ore., and Lincoln, Neb. – and six Eastern Catholic eparchies refused to participate in the […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A survey of about half of the nation’s state prison chaplains found a majority believes religious extremism among prisoners is fairly common, though they say that is related more to racial or religious intolerance than posing any threat to prison security. The study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – A high-profile federal lawsuit accusing Pope Benedict XVI of covering up sexual abuse has been withdrawn. Lawyers for the plaintiff in John Doe 16 v. Holy See filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Feb. 10, bringing the case effectively to an end. The lawsuit was filed in April 2010 in the U.S. […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, including two from the United States, and announced a consistory for their formal induction on Feb. 18. Among those named were Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York; Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, a former archbishop of Baltimore who now serves as grand master of the […]
