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Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
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 […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, established to promote studies in theology and philosophy, will award one of its two major prizes this year to U.S. Jesuit Father Brian E. Daley, a patristics expert and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. The other prize winner is Remi Brague, a […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Apostleship of Prayer, the Jesuit-run outreach that has brought Catholics the pope’s monthly prayer intentions since 1890, is in the midst of a serious effort to re-create itself and broaden its outreach. The revamping is focused on three areas: making the apostleship a digital prayer network; working with dioceses and parishes […]
Global
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 […]
