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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – For a program that the White House has never officially acknowledged, the use of missile-laden drones to strike suspected Muslim militants hardly remains a secret. Even so, while pledging to protect Americans around the globe in his State of the Union address Feb 12, President Barack Obama never used the “D” word – […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – When the head of the Pontifical Council for Culture said he wanted to listen to what today’s young people had to say, he wasn’t afraid to hear it belted out at 100 decibels. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi invited members of the Italian rock group, The Sun, to speak their minds through music to […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican launched a new “Pope App” on the eve of the release of the pope’s World Communications Day message, which is dedicated to social networks as important spaces for evangelization. The new app provides live streaming of papal events and video feeds from the Vatican’s six webcams. It sends out alerts […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church’s observance of National Migration Week Jan. 6-12 this year comes at a time when the outlook seems promising for improving migrants’ legal situations in the United States. The annual observance of Migration Week this year focuses on encouraging Congress to approve comprehensive immigration reform and marking the 10th anniversary of […]
Global
By Judith Sudilovsky Catholic News Service
BEIT JALLA, West Bank – After a morning of visits to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity and a local Catholic parish, U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien was overcome with emotion during his meeting with seminarians at the Latin Patriarchate seminary. “I can’t think of a more encouraging moment than this,” he told the young men […]
Local
By Steven W. Mosher
FOX News will air an hour-long special May 3 at 9 p.m. on the trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. The mainstream media has done an excellent job of completely ignoring the trial of Gosnell. As everyone knows by now, Gosnell was the Philadelphia abortionist famous for “snipping the spines” of newborns who happened to […]
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 […]
Local
By For The Catholic Herald
Sister Marguerite Cook, a former parishioner of St. Rita and Queen of Apostles parishes in Alexandria and St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, will celebrate 25 years as a member of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis at a private ceremony this month. She is the daughter of the late Frank W. and late Laura Marie […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Flooding at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Oct. 20 temporarily closed much of the popular French pilgrimage site and led to the evacuation of several hundred pilgrims. The shrine church was partially open Oct. 21, but the pools where the sick bathe in hopes of spiritual and physical healing were […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, published a short reminiscence of the council by Pope Benedict XVI. In the essay, the pope recalls his presence at the opening of Vatican II, which he attended as a theological adviser. […]
