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By Mark Zimmermann
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory wore a white hard hat instead of a bishop’s miter as he processed to the altar April 26 for the second annual Building Trades’ Workers Memorial Day Mass at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. The pastor who organized the Mass, Franciscan Father Brian Jordan, also […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Families play an important role in a society’s development when ideologies are not imposed upon them, Pope Francis said. The family is the “primary planter of the tree of gratuitousness,” and when civilization “uproots” that gift, “its decline becomes unstoppable,” the pope said April 29. “I believe that there are certain conditions […]
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded April 27 in an online discussion about how to apply Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” Anna Robertson, director of youth and young adult mobilization at Catholic Climate […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to protect minors and what needs to change, as well as to urge bishops’ conferences to set up special “centers” where victims can be heard and find accompaniment toward “healing and justice.” The annual audit […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing assistance to victims of the war in Ukraine. “As we are witnessing in these days the devastating effects of war and conflict, you increasingly see the need to […]
Local
By Janna Reynolds
Signs declaring “The future is anti-abortion” and “Equality begins in the womb” were exclamation marks from the hundreds of people who gathered in downtown Richmond April 27 for the fourth annual Virginia March for Life. The crowd’s enthusiasm was palpable as pro-lifers of all ages waited for the first of several speakers to take the […]
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While fewer bills crossed the finish line than in recent years, Catholic advocacy produced favorable results on a greater number of issues, according to the Virginia Catholic Conference’s 2022 vote report published April 25. The VCC helped defeat bills to legalize assisted suicide and restore the death penalty, and applauded the enactment of a new […]
National
By Catholic News Service
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops’ and the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life, died April 21 after a bout with metastatic breast cancer. She was 53. From 2005 to 2018, the time she was assistant director for pro-life communications […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — A monumental work of art depicting migrants and refugees seeking a home has found its own permanent home at a new plaza at The Catholic University of America. During an April 22 blessing and dedication ceremony, Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed Timothy Schmalz’s “Angels Unawares” sculpture and philanthropist and arts patron Jacqueline […]
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