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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – It didn’t take long for the “spin” to start after the U.S. bishops reissued their 2007 document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” with a new introductory note signed by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of nine USCCB committees. The reissuance without changes to the body of […]
National
By Catholic News Service
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s signature on three pro-life bills “affirms our state’s commitment to the protection of all human life,” Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck said March 26. Protecting life “from the moment of conception to natural death is the primary purpose of government,” the bishop said in a statement. […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Connecticut, Pope Benedict XVI offered his condolences and prayers, urging all to dedicate themselves to acts of peace in the face of such “senseless violence.” After reciting the Angelus Dec. 17, the pope, speaking in English, said he was “deeply saddened” […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
This is one in a series of stories examining the positions of the major presidential candidates. WASHINGTON – At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., the differences on abortion between President Barack Obama and his Republican presidential opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, were clear. Speeches in prime time on successive nights touted the […]
National
By Catholic News Service
OAKLAND, Calif. – Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, to be installed in October as archbishop of San Francisco, was arrested in San Diego early Aug. 26 for driving under the influence. The archbishop, a San Diego native, had his mother in the car. In an Aug. 27 statement issued from the Diocese of Oakland, which Archbishop […]
Global
By Bridget Kelly Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia tripled in a seven-year period, a Vatican official told a U.N. meeting. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer to U.N. offices in Geneva, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that while Christians are not the only victims, attacks […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester made 532 bologna and cheese and 166 cheese sandwiches for the homeless last week. The sandwiches will be distributed through the Congregational Community Action Project. Students wrote messages, such as “Made with love” and “One must see God in everyone,” on the sandwich […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican dismissed claims that Pope Francis played a direct role in the kidnappings of two Jesuit priests during Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship and described them as part of a campaign by “left-wing anti-clerical elements to attack the church.” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, read a statement to journalists March […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the start of a special Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s ancient teachings to an increasingly Godless modern world. The pope spoke at a […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Camden, N.J., and has named Auxiliary Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of New York to succeed him. The changes were announced in Washington Jan. 8 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, papal nuncio to the U.S. Bishop Galante, 74, has headed the […]
