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By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has chosen Chicago-born Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, to succeed Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The Vatican announced Jan. 30 the retirement of Cardinal Ouellet and the appointment of Bishop Prevost, whom Pope Francis […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
KINSHASA, Congo — After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly — in every sense — to Congo where Catholics make up the majority of the population and where, for decades, the Catholic Church has been at the forefront of efforts to bring peace, education and health care to the people. With a […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
The U.S. bishops are urging Congress to permanently ban the use of taxpayer dollars for abortion through the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, issued a letter Jan. 27 to House and Senate leaders supporting the […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
“Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This line from the Beatitudes could have been written for the people of Ukraine, now facing a second winter of war, almost a year after the Russian invasion of their country last Feb. 24. “People are freezing and starving. Funerals take place every day. Everywhere […]
Schools
Orange Out returned to Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores Jan. 6. The tradition is more than just a spirited basketball game. The school held its first Orange Out in November 2011 to support a student diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia while she was very sick in the hospital. At […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
I have loved photography for years. I think I finally found my niche: snow photography. Every time it snows — frequently here in Minnesota — I grab my phone, slip into my boots and start snapping. Some prefer their trees laced with pink apple blossoms or blazing with red maple leaves. I’ll take an evergreen […]
Local
Catholic Press Month, celebrated every February, recognizes the role of Catholic media in reporting on local, national, Vatican and global news, and evangelizing through stories of faith. As part of Catholic Press Month, a second collection will be held Feb. 4-5 at many parishes to accept contributions toward their annual support for the Catholic Herald. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Before beginning their ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, Pope Francis and the leaders of the Anglican Communion and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland asked Christians around the globe to accompany them with prayers. Pope Francis is scheduled to fly first to Congo for a visit Jan. 31-Feb. 3 before meeting […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Marriage is not a ceremony, a social event, a mere formality or an abstract ideal, Pope Francis said. Marriage, according to Christian revelation, is a gift from God that joins a man and woman together so that “the two shall become one flesh,” and “what God has joined together, no human being […]
Global
By Jonah McKeown
A compilation of new data by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University sheds light on the countries around the world that have the highest Mass attendance numbers. CARA researchers used data from the World Values Survey, a major international study of religious belief that has been conducted for decades, to […]
