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By Tim Puet Catholic News Service
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Pope Benedict XVI wants the Catholic Church in America to be in the forefront of reviving Catholicism worldwide, the apostolic nuncio to the United States said in Columbus. “The Church in the United States should lead the entire church in the world” in a revitalization effort, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano said. “This […]
Global
By Simone Orendain
MANILA, Philippines – A recent fashion show in Manila’s business district was in full swing, with models walking the runway slinging brightly colored purses of different styles from Philippine fashion powerhouse Rajo Laurel’s latest collection. The high-fashion purses have come a long way from their humble beginnings: floor mats made of old rags discarded in […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
EL COBRE, Cuba – Entrusting people to Mary’s maternal care is a normal Catholic practice, but when Pope Benedict XVI prayed that Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre would wrap her golden mantle around the people of Cuba, it was particularly poignant. For 400 years, Cubans – believers and nonbelievers alike – have brought […]
Global
By Suimon Caldwell Catholic News Service
MANCHESTER, England – English and Welsh bishops are producing a million “faith cards” to identify the holders as Catholics in the event of an accident. The credit card-sized items will be distributed during February and March throughout all dioceses, including the Bishopric of the Forces and the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. The […]
National
By Elizabeth Foley
WASHINGTON – Most colleges require students to put away their cellphones during class. However, for one class at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., not bringing a cellphone to class can result in loss of points from their participation grade. Cellphone photography is a new class at Catholic U. that allows students to see photography in […]
National
By Christopher S. Pineo
BOSTON – Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley will not attend Boston College’s commencement this year because the college planned to honor the prime minister of Ireland, who has supported a bill to introduce legalized abortion in that country. In a statement May 10, Cardinal O’Malley said he cannot support the Jesuit-run university when it confers […]
National
By Matthew Gambino
PHILADELPHIA – Only days before the start of the March 2012 trial of Father James Brennan and Msgr. William Lynn on charges related to the clergy sexual abuse scandal, former priest Edward Avery admitted he’d sexually assaulted a 10-year-old altar boy at his Northeast Philadelphia parish in 1999. Avery – who was laicized, or removed […]
National
By Catholic News Service
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A federal district court judge in Ann Arbor granted a Michigan business, Weingartz Supply Co., a temporary injunction from the Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate. The judge Oct. 31 also dismissed a lawsuit filed by a nonprofit Catholic group, Legatus, because he said the religious organization qualified for the Obama […]
National
By Catholic News Service
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – When Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York offered the closing benediction Sept. 6 at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, he made allusions to issues that have put the U.S. church and the White House at odds with each other. “Renew in all our people a profound respect for religious liberty: […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – As violence continued to shake Syria, the Vatican nuncio in Damascus called on the international community to unite in efforts to restore peace. “In Damascus, the last three days have been very difficult” as the fighting moved to the city, Archbishop Mario Zenari, the nuncio, told Catholic News Service in a telephone […]
