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By Jonathan Luxmmore Catholic News Service
WARSAW, Poland – Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp took over as head of the Polish church during “hard and uncertain” times, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk of Gniezno told hundreds of people at the cardinal’s funeral. “His life was not easy and his service (was) demanding,” Archbishop Kowalczyk said during the homily at the Jan. 28 Mass in […]
Global
By Jonathan Luxmoore
OXFORD, England – In a wooded suburb of this fabled university city, a battered typewriter sits on a desk beside a bay window that overlooks a tangled landscape of oaks and beeches. Nearby, ancient bookshelves guard a leather armchair surrounded by wall maps and pictures depicting a fantasy world. When Clive Staples Lewis bought The […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Most modern democracies have ended up hurting religious freedom in their effort to be “neutral” toward their citizens’ diverse beliefs, said Cardinal Angelo Scola. Under the guise of “objectivity” and respecting diversity, many governments are really upholding and giving legitimacy to a culture that is devoid of God and hostile to the […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Rose Benté Lee Ostapenko died July 20 in Arlington. She was born in Fulda, Germany, May 14, 1919, the youngest of 12 children. She studied dress design at the Marian School in Fulda. In the late 1930s, she immigrated to the United States to join her family. She married Raymond H. Benté, and together they […]
National
MARK PATTISON Catholic News Service BALTIMORE – A move to expand a liturgical memorial for Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, a German-born Redemptorist priest who ministered throughout antebellum-era America for more than 20 years, was approved nearly unanimously Nov. 13 by the U.S. bishops during their annual fall general assembly in Baltimore. The vote was 213-1 […]
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The Edward Douglass White Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual king cake party Jan. 24 at the Council Home, 5115 Little Falls Road, Arlington, from 7 to 10 p.m. Proceeds will benefit KOVAR, which provides financial support to organizations that offer training and other help to people with intellectual disabilities. Mardi Gras attire – […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal-designate James M. Harvey has spent 30 years working at the Vatican in positions requiring great discretion and bringing him into daily contact with the pope, the world’s most powerful government leaders and millions of Catholic faithful. Pope Benedict XVI announced Oct. 24 that he would induct Archbishop Harvey, a native of […]
National
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – He doesn’t exactly advertise it, but the “king of Queens” is a Catholic family man. Kevin James, who played Doug Heffernan for nine seasons on the CBS sitcom and has since branched out into movies, has no problem talking about his values and how it affects his career. “I am involved in my […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Columnist E.J. Dionne is fond of saying, “there’s no such thing as ‘the Catholic vote’ and it’s going to decide the election.” What Dionne’s seeming non sequitur hints at is that the Catholic vote is no longer the solid voting bloc it was in the past. However, though now it’s more amorphous, it […]
Global
By James Martone Catholic News Service
CAIRO – As tear-gas bearing police battled Egyptians armed with stones in front of Cairo’s U.S. Embassy, Rashad was two neighborhoods away, making sure the few evening costumers respected the line at the Mobinil cellphone company where he works. “Is it all right to defame the Prophet, blessings be upon him?” Rashad, a Muslim, asked […]
