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By Shan Moore | Catholic News Service
CADYVILLE, N.Y. – Fewer people were filling the pews at St. James Church in the Plattsburgh hamlet of Cadyville after two convicted killers escaped June 6 from the Clinton Correctional Facility. “We have a lot of parishioners that work in the prison,” Msgr. Lawrence Deno explained. “They had to work overtime.” And others, as the […]
Pope Francis
By Michelle Martin | Catholic News Service
CHICAGO – Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment is “a watershed moment for the church, for humanity and for the planet” that the pope “calls our common home,” Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich said. He met with the media June 18 at the Archbishop Quigley Center to share the salient points of the document, “Laudato […]
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By George Weigel
I’m fortunate to hear good preaching on a regular basis. But even the best Catholic preaching these days leans far more toward moral exhortation than biblical exposition. This strikes me as a missed opportunity. For if one of the tasks of preaching today is to help the people of the church “see” the world and […]
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By Karen Sampson Hoffman | Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE – Archbishop William E. Lori reminded those gathered for Mass June 21 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore that when it comes to religious freedom, American Catholics and Christians worldwide are in the same “boat.” In the day’s Gospel reading, from Chapter 4 […]
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By Susan Szalewski | Catholic News Service
OMAHA, Neb. – About 800 people witnessed history June 18 as the Archdiocese of Omaha advanced to Rome the sainthood cause for Father Edward Flanagan, Boys Town founder. Archbishop George J. Lucas was the main celebrant of a morning Mass at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha that marked the closing of the archdiocesan phase of […]
Pope Francis
By Laura Ieraci | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – It took place in silence and lasted only a few minutes, but Pope Francis’ time of prayer and contemplation before the Shroud of Turin was marked with gestures of reverence and tenderness. Revered by many as the burial cloth of Jesus, the shroud was the second stop on the pope’s packed itinerary […]
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By Daniel O’shea | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The tragic taking of nine lives at a historically black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, brought an outpouring of solidarity, compassion and sorrow from around the country. After an all-night search, police June 18 found the white man suspected of fatally shooting nine people, including the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a senior pastor. […]
Pope Francis
By Dennis Sadowski | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis speaks with a pastor’s voice and with deep respect for science in calling the world to address threats to all life on earth through environmental degradation and the mindset of a “throwaway culture” in his encyclical, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of […]
Pope Francis
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Long before Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for creation was released, it was providing a boost for a group of women struggling to keep the negative influences of modern-day life from erasing valued Mexican traditions and treasured cultural practices along the Mexico-Texas border. The dozens of members of El Paso, Texas-based La Mujer […]
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