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Cardinal Hossu is among those to be recognized by Pope Francis June 2.
Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organize official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not recognized as authentic the alleged Marian apparitions there.
As the Catholic Herald went to press May 14, news came that U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson vacated his May 6 ruling on Falls Church Medical Center v. Oliver, which had allowed non-physicians to perform first trimester abortions.
Tucked in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, down a lengthy stretch off Route 250, Our Lady of the Angels Monastery sits perched on the hillside. Inside, the sisters live a self-sustained lifestyle filled with prayer, devotion … and cheese-making.
A Vienna woman makes fanciful yarn wigs for children experiencing hair loss.
Bishop Burbidge celebrated the Mass to Pray for Hispanic Vocations.
Church bells could be heard ringing throughout Lebanon May 12 mourning Cardinal Nasrallah P. Sfeir, the country's retired Maronite Catholic patriarch known for defending his country's sovereignty and independence.
The new Motu Proprio Vos estis lux mundi is a significant move forward for the universal Church, one that echoes many of the practices established in the U.S. Bishops’ Essential Norms and the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People that have been in force in the United States since 2002.
While many of the Holy Father’s mandates are already being implemented in dioceses throughout the United States, the new norms also rightly address the accountability of bishops. The directives serve as a clear reminder that no person in a position of authority within the Catholic Church is exempt from accountability. In fact, those in authority have a special and critical responsibility to account for their own behavior and to ensure that allegations of sexual abuse are investigated thoroughly.
Q. Can a divorced person serve as a eucharistic minister, or do you need to get your marriage annulled first? I have no intention of remarrying, nor am I living with a partner or having a sexual relationship with anyone. What is the Catholic Church's rule on this? (Trinidad and Tobago)
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