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Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service April 19, 2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, elected pope and takes the name Benedict XVI. Dec. 22, 2005: In a meeting with top aides at the Vatican, Pope Benedict insists the teaching of the Second Vatican Council must be read in continuity with the church’s tradition. Sept. 12, 2006: In a speech […]
Local
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Change is said to be the only constant in today’s world. Yet when it comes, it often throws people off guard and causes stress and anxiety. The key to successfully dealing with change is preparing for it (when possible) and making necessary adjustments when it happens, according to health experts. “All major […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – As much as he astonished the world when he announced his resignation Feb. 11, Pope Benedict XVI’s decision seems almost predictable in hindsight. Given his previous statements on the subject and his recent signs of aging, one might say that people should have seen it coming. The real mystery now is not […]
Global
By Simone Orendain Catholic News Service
MANILA, Philippines – Catholics in the Philippines and the U.S. are preparing to celebrate the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a teen catechist killed in Guam in the 17th century. Witness accounts in the records of Jesuit missionaries show Blessed Pedro died trying to protect his mentor, Jesuit Father Diego Jose Luis San […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI, who has dedicated much of his pontificate to shaping the church’s understanding of the Second Vatican Council, devoted one of his last public addresses to the subject, recalling his experiences as an expert consultant at Vatican II, praising some of its major documents and lamenting widespread distortions of its […]
National
By Joseph Austin Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In the parable of the vineyard in the Gospel of Matthew, “I’m the guy who was hired at 3 o’clock in the afternoon,” said Deacon Michael Fragoso. A pediatrician for 24 years in central New Jersey, he left his career to enter Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass., and study to […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In a survey of Catholics age 14 and older, about 12 percent of males and 10 percent of females said they considered a religious vocation at least “a little seriously,” a study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University found. The findings, released Oct. 9, give church leaders […]
Schools
By Catholic News Service
MINNEAPOLIS – Neil Hamilton, professor in the University of St. Thomas School of Law and founding director of its Thomas Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions, has been named interim dean of the law school. He will begin the position in May when Thomas Mengler, dean for the past 10 years, becomes president […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Statements on preaching and ways that bishops can respond using new technologies to modern-day challenges to their teaching authority are among the items the U.S. bishops will consider when they gather in Baltimore for their annual fall assembly. Set for Nov. 12-15, the assembly also will consider a statement on work and the […]
Global
By Sarah Macdonald
DUBLIN – In the wake of the largest pro-life demonstration ever to have taken place in Ireland, cracks have begun to emerge in the coalition government over its plans to legislate for abortion. More than 25,000 people converged on Dublin Jan. 19, braving bitterly cold weather, to attend the “Unite for Life” vigil in the […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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