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By For The Catholic Herald
At the 123rd annual commencement of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivered an address that focused on selflessness and the vigorous defense of religious, specifically Catholic, values and teachings. In beginning his address, Cardinal Dolan mentioned that he had […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – If a person’s prayer life is boring, that generally means that he or she is focused too much on the self and not enough on Jesus and the needs of others, Pope Francis said during a morning Mass homily. “True prayer leads us out of ourselves toward the Father in the name […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Not every bishop gets, at his episcopal ordination, a color guard from both the Knights of Columbus and the U.S. military. Nor do they get both “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “The Navy Hymn” sung at the ordination Mass. But when you are newly ordained for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, as Bishop […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The eight cardinals named by Pope Francis to begin work on ways to reorganize the Roman Curia are predominantly active archbishops of very large archdioceses, but they also have a wide range of pastoral and organizational experiences and skills. The Vatican announced the members of the group April 13. The eight are: […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In what now seem to have been heady days of the 1990s, Baptists, Catholics, the American Civil Liberties Union and People for the American Way were among the members of a philosophically diverse coalition that stood together in pursuit of a federal law protecting the free exercise of religion. Today, among those same […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Princes and presidents, diplomats and dictators, patriarchs and pastors came together in St. Peter’s Square to witness the inauguration of Pope Francis’ ministry. Any signs of animosity or favor were set aside as more than 130 government representatives, as well as dozens of religious leaders, sat side by side at the March […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Eleven Republican members of Congress filed a brief supporting conscience provisions in one lawsuit fighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate. In their friend-of-the-court brief, filed Feb. 21, the congressmen invoked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in supporting the Hobby Lobby craft store chain in its bid for an […]
National
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 […]
