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By Catholic News Service
SAN ANTONIO – Five centuries-old Spanish missions in Texas newly declared as World Heritage Sites by a U.N. agency “have helped to shape the face of San Antonio,” said Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller. “They are still a haven of culture and history,” he said in a statement July 6. “We especially value that they continue as […]
Global
By David Agren | Catholic News Service
EL ALTO, Bolivia – Belfries and spires poke the sky in this ramshackle city of impromptu developments, rutted roads and brick buildings, billed by locals as one of the highest in the world at more than 13,000 feet above sea level. In the Villa Adela neighborhood, an onion dome towers over the Cuerpo de Cristo […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox must pray together and work hand-in-hand helping the poor, Pope Francis told thousands of Catholic charismatics and members of other Christian communities. If the devil “unites us in death, who are we to divide ourselves in life?” he said, adding that all Christians can and must pray together, […]
National
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON – Religious freedom is “the human right that guarantees all other rights,” Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said July 4 in his homily at the closing Mass of the U.S. bishops’ fourth annual Fortnight for Freedom. That right “has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person,” he said at the Basilica […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador – Even if a pastoral proposal for helping a Catholic family with problems seems scandalous at first, it is possible God could use that proposal to bring healing and holiness, Pope Francis said. Encouraging and celebrating family life during a Mass July 6 in Guayaquil, Pope Francis asked people to pray for the […]
Pope Francis
By Barbara J. Fraser
QUITO, Ecuador – When Pope Francis enters the Jesuit church here July 7 for a moment of private prayer, he will step into an architectural gem where trees once grew up through the floor. The Iglesia de la Compania – the Jesuits, or Society of Jesus, are known as the Compania de Jesus in Spanish […]
Global
By Simone Orendain | catholic News Service
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine priest said he and others visited hospitals and funeral homes and celebrated Masses for victims of a deadly boating accident. A Philippine Coast Guard spokesman confirmed to Catholic News Service July 6 at least 61 people had died after a motorized passenger outrigger turned over as it pulled away from […]
National
By Rose Ybarra
SAN JUAN, Texas – Master Sgt. Pablo H. Villescas was serving with the Army Reserve in Afghanistan when that country held its first free, direct elections in 2004. More than three-quarters of Afghanistan’s registered voters cast ballots in the election. “The people were so happy to finally have a voice, to finally have a say […]
Pope Francis
By Laura Ieraci | catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Harsh criticisms meted out by Pope Francis on free-market capitalism have sparked backlash from some fiscal conservatives and have led some people to call him “anti-capitalist” or even Marxist. Ahead of his apostolic visit to the United States in September, some are bracing themselves for more criticisms from the pope, this time […]
Columns
The following editorial will appear in the July 12 issue of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newsweekly based in Huntington, Ind. It was written by the newspaper’s editorial board. With the Supreme Court’s sweeping legalization of same-sex marriage June 26, the church is facing a difficult road ahead — a truth spelled out in […]
