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By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” a committee of the U.S. bishops said in a new statement on religious liberty. Titled “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” the 12-page statement by the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty also calls for “a fortnight for […]
National
By Joseph Kenny
FORISTELL, Mo. – The truck driver sat at the restaurant counter, happy to have someone to talk with at the end of a long day. A Protestant, he goes to church about five times a year, mostly because he’s not at home very often. He works for a good company, one that is concerned for […]
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BOSTON (CNS) – Erik Goldschmidt, executive vice president of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, known as FADICA, has been named director of Boston College’s Church in the 21st Century Center. He succeeds Robert Newton, special assistant to the president who has been interim director for the past 18 months. Goldschmidt, who took up […]
National
By Patricia Zapor
BALTIMORE – When Ken Hackett graduated from Boston College with a business degree in 1968, he expected to work in the corporate world, handling big money accounts, maybe at the phone company that employed his dad. But a spontaneous decision to instead join the Peace Corps led Hackett to the career from which he’s retiring […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – Stem-cell research is once again making news in Congress and the courts. But this time, it’s on the sports pages too. And instead of the embryonic stem-cell research that was once all the rage, the news is in the field of adult stem-cell research, which does not involve the destruction of human embryos. […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In an effort to highlight the dramatic situation of refugees left in limbo on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis and other Christian leaders will meet with the migrants April 16. “Naturally, the pope wants to be there in order to draw attention to the sense of solidarity and responsibility” […]
