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By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
ROME – For the second straight year, the Pontifical North American College took home the championship title in Rome’s Clericus Cup soccer series. Captain America, Uncle Sam, Batman and Robin, Wolverine, the Mario Brothers and a fluffy yellow chicken were part of the flag-waving crowd that exploded into cheers when the NAC Martyrs beat the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – A little bit of spring cleaning or a much needed renovation can turn up the most unexpected things – especially if you’re sprucing up or digging through the Vatican. Home of hundreds of thousands of artifacts, archived documents, ornate frescoes, plaster niches and underground tombs, it can be heavenly for a treasure […]
National
By Catholic News Service
BOSTON – Even though “the culture of death looms large” today, the light of Christ the Good Shepherd “can expel the darkness and illuminate for us a path that leads to life, to a civilization of solidarity and love,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. “I hope that the events of this past week have […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In his first appointment to the curia, Pope Francis named the superior of the Franciscans as secretary of the Vatican office that oversees the world’s religious orders. Archbishop-designate Jose Rodriguez Carballo, 59, will hold the number two post at the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis formally began his ministry as bishop of Rome and as pope by pledging to protect the Catholic Church, the dignity of each person and the beauty of creation, just like St. Joseph protected Mary and Jesus. “To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them […]
National
By Catholic News Service
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. – Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, the founder of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, has been named one of nine American women to be inducted in 2013 into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The announcement was made March 7, the day before International Women’s Day. Hall of fame deputy director Amanda Bishop […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In one of his last public appearances, Pope Benedict XVI told an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24 that his upcoming retirement does not mean he is abandoning the church, but that he will be serving it in a new way, through prayer and meditation. At noon, the pope appeared […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, also repeated his assertion that the conclave to elect a new pope would begin sometime between March […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and four Protestant denominations in the Reformed tradition have publicly signed an agreement that recognizes the validity of each other’s baptisms. The four Protestant bodies are the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Reformed Church in America and the United […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Experts have just concluded a two-year study on the seven adult mummies in the Vatican Museums’ collections. The mummies underwent a full battery of X-rays, CT scans, endoscopic explorations, histological exams and a whole spectrum of genetic testing, leading one researcher to joke: “These mummies have gotten more medical attention now than […]
