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By Catholic News Service
CHICAGO – Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago will undergo a chemotherapy regimen after tests revealed the presence of cancer in his right kidney. The chemotherapy treatments will begin Sept. 5. Under the regimen, Cardinal George will have two weeks of treatments followed by one week with no treatment to allow for his immune system […]
Global
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and the Italian fashion house Benetton reached an out-of-court settlement after the Vatican took legal action against an ad campaign that depicted Pope Benedict XVI kissing a Muslim leader. The settlement included the fashion company making an unspecified donation to a Catholic charity and a promise to stop the image […]
Schools
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
BOSTON – When the reputation of a student, teacher or school can be brought down by a YouTube posting, blog or anonymous email, educators need to be “more vigilant than ever.” That was the advice for hundreds of participants attending an April 12 workshop during the annual National Catholic Educational Association convention in Boston. More […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis had been pope for less than six days when he was formally installed March 19, but he had already made a distinctive and overwhelmingly favorable impression on the world. That is an especially remarkable accomplishment given that, until his election, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio had been practically unknown […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The challenges of being human and of living in a world that does not always want to hear about faith do not lessen the obligation to proclaim the Gospel and to call the baptized to live their faith more fully, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington. “We already know our difficulties, […]
National
By Catholic News Service
LOS ANGELES — Cardinal Roger M. Mahony will “no longer have any administrative or public duties” as retired archbishop of Los Angeles because of past failures to protect children from clergy sex abuse, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez announced Jan. 31. The archbishop’s statement came the same day the archdiocese released 12,000 pages of personnel files […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: As you are aware, the four Gospels in the Catholic Bible are based on the writings of saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But recently, as I was channel surfing, I came across a television program that spoke of the Gospels of Judas Iscariot, Peter the Apostle and Mary Magdalene. When I mentioned this […]
Columns
By Tony Magliano
It’s a good thing the Lord hears the cry of the poor, because Congress is barely listening. Although the federal deficit of approximately $1 trillion and the national debt of more than $15 trillion are important realities that need to be seriously addressed, cutting and eliminating programs that aid the poor is morally unacceptable. Aid […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Guardian angels exist to protect every human life from its beginning to end, Pope Benedict XVI said. “The Lord is always near and active in human history, and he also accompanies us with the unique presence of his angels, which the church today venerates” on feast of the Guardian Angels Oct. 2, […]
Arts
By Kurt Jensen
NEW YORK – To famed director Alfred Hitchcock, the ideal premise for a suspense picture – one he used many times – was a man wrongly accused of a crime. He thought of it as a fear to which everyone could relate. Born in 1899, Hitchcock died in 1980, long before the online era. Were […]
