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By Carol Zimmermann
ST. LOUIS – Members of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious announced Aug. 10 at the close of their four-day assembly in St. Louis that they will continue to dialogue with church officials about the Vatican’s doctrinal assessment of their organization. LCWR’s outgoing president, Franciscan Sister Pat Farrell, said the group’s leaders would begin dialogue […]
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By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The latest round of proposed federal rules covering religious institutions that want an exemption from the requirement to provide contraceptive coverage in health insurance make it clear that there’s no inclination at the Department of Health and Human Services to accommodate for-profit secular corporations the same way as nonprofit religious institutions. For-profit secular […]
Columns
By Karen Osborne Catholic News Service
I have a new hero. Her name is Malala Yousafzai, and she’s a 14-year-old girl from Pakistan. When she was 11, the Taliban took power in her valley. They enforced a harsh set of laws on the residents, among them, an edict that girls could no longer attend school. They threatened girls’ teachers and burned […]
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By Peter Finney Jr.
NEW ORLEANS – Among the thousands of pilgrims trekking to Rome for the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha – “the Lily of the Mohawks” – will be 4-year-old Katherine Kateri Howat from Metairie, La., dressed as a Mohawk princess. She likely will be on her father’s shoulders in St. Peter’s Square trying to […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Neb., and has named Auxiliary Bishop James D. Conley of Denver to succeed him. The changes were announced in Washington Sept. 14 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, papal nuncio to the U.S. Bishop Bruskewitz, head of the Lincoln Diocese […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Here is a list of cardinal-electors, from oldest to youngest, eligible to vote for a pope in a conclave. Cardinal Walter Kasper turns 80 March 5; depending on the date of the conclave, he might be over 80, and thus too old to vote in a conclave. The next oldest, Cardinal Severino […]
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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Pope Francis will meet with bishops from the United States and around the world at the Cathedral of St. Matthew Sept. 22. Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington and USCCB president Archbishop Joseph Kurtz will speak at the event. The pope will address the bishops in Spanish. The livestream starts at 11:30 a.m.
Pope Francis
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Local Catholics expressed overwhelming joy to news that Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the new pope March 13 in Rome. “Habemus Papam,” said Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. “I rejoice that Pope Francis has answered the Lord’s call to serve as successor to St. Peter, the vicar of Christ on earth. “On behalf […]
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September is National Senior Center Month and several events are planned at Arlington centers to help celebrate. A health fair will be held Sept. 7 at Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; a health and wellness fair will be held Sept. 22 at Walter Reed, 2909 S. 16th St., […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
With chants of “Reform now,” and “The people united, would never be defeated,” local immigration rights supporters filled the halls of St. Charles Borromeo School in Arlington April 2 to convince people to join them in urging Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. At the press conference, dozens of people carrying signs asked the […]
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