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By Sean Gallagher
INDIANAPOLIS – Noting that the church in Philadelphia is “now my family, an intimate part of my life” a year after being appointed to lead the church there, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said that the clergy sexual abuse scandal “has caused terrible suffering for victims, demoralized many of our clergy, crippled the witness of […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious June 1 said it feels the assessment that led to a Vatican order to reform the organization “was based on unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency.” The LCWR board called the sanctions “disproportionate to the concerns raised” […]
Global
By Michael Kelly Catholic News Service
DUBLIN – A U.S. al-Qaida official concluded that Catholics were “fertile ground” for conversion, “particularly after the rage expanding against the mother church (Vatican) as a result of its scandals and policies refused by many of its public.” American al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn wrote Osama bin Laden in January 2011 and laid out reasons for […]
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By Catholic News Service
PRINCETON, N.J. – The South is the most religious region of the United States, according to a yearlong poll by Gallup. Mississippi qualified as the most religious state in the nation, with 59 percent of its residents claiming to be “very religious.” Next on the list was the only non-Southern state among the top 12: […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In a strongly worded letter to his fellow bishops, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York charged that White House officials failed to consider the U.S. bishops’ concerns that the federal mandate governing employer coverage of contraception and sterilization under the health care law violated religious freedom principles. An invitation from the White […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Picking up from efforts to stem sex trafficking at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, 11 women’s religious orders from Indiana and Michigan are working to stop sex trafficking at this year’s Super Bowl. The orders are members of the Coalition for Corporate Responsibility for Indiana and Michigan, established in the early […]
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By Sueann Howell Catholic News Service
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cardinal Francis Arinze told attendees at the Diocese of Charlotte’s eucharistic congress that “religion is not an option.” “It is not an accessory footnote. It is the duty of the human creature in front of God the creator,” he said. Cardinal Arinze spoke about the importance of Sunday Mass and the observance […]
National
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.
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The new proposed rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding insurance coverage of contraceptives show movement but fall short of addressing the U.S. bishops’ concerns, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a Feb. 7 statement. The cardinal, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – The dates may not be printed on many people’s wall calendars, but they mark a certain passage of time nonetheless: the “October surprise” every four years before a presidential election, “Black Friday” the day after Thanksgiving in November to mark the start of the holiday shopping season, and the “December dilemma,” in which […]
