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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help propel workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic life cannot take […]
National
By Laura Dodson Catholic News Service
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The president of the National Council of Catholic Women said she sees “a reawakening of women now that they’re seeing how much our church needs us,” especially with regard to efforts to protect religious freedom. Women are “stepping forward and speaking about our values. Unfortunately, for so long women thought they should […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Bishop O’Connell Theatre is presenting the musical “Meet Me in St. Louis” Nov. 16-18. Performances will be held the high school, 6600 Little Falls Road, Arlington, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The musical is based on the heartwarming movie by the same name. Join the Smith family at the 1904 […]
National
By Maria Wiering
BALTIMORE – Jim Bolduc has two favorite pieces of college football memorabilia – a Fighting Irish photo montage of its famed 1988 win over the University of Miami, and a football autographed by Navy quarterback and 1963 Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach. As a 1990 University of Notre Dame graduate and a U.S. Naval Academy […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has decided to celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper in a Rome juvenile detention facility and wash the feet of some of the young detainees. It marks a change in venue of the previously scheduled March 28 Holy Week event from St. Peter’s Basilica to Rome’s Casal […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Claudio Sciarpelletti, the Vatican Secretariat of State computer technician accused of aiding and abetting the pope’s butler in stealing confidential Vatican correspondence, will go on trial at the Vatican Nov. 5. The Vatican announced the trial date Oct. 23. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters that Sciarpelletti’s trial on the […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo, 63, heads Brazil’s largest diocese and ministers in one of the most populous cities in the world. In the city of more than 11 million people – more than 80 percent of whom are Catholic – the cardinal oversees parishes that struggle with high […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
The morality of body piercing Q. I am the mother of three girls, ages 17, 15 and 11. Our two older girls have been asking permission to have their navels pierced. For now, my husband has told them “no,” but he has promised to reassess once the girls have taken the time to present to […]
Columns
By Bill and Monica Dodds Catholic News Service
It’s good to be reminded, or to realize for the first time, that caregiving is pro-life. What seems so obvious can be easily overlooked, especially if you’re a caregiver. So busy (at times so overwhelmed) with your caregiving duties, you may tend to think that you no longer can contribute to normal duties. But you […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Something old, something new, something borrowed and something red will be part of the mix Feb. 18 when Pope Benedict XVI creates new cardinals. The general format of the consistory has been maintained, but the ceremony has been modified and will include the use of prayers borrowed from ancient Roman liturgies. Cardinal-designate […]
