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By Catholic News Service
HOUSTON – More than 8,000 Catholic educators at the annual National Catholic Educational Association convention April 2-4 in Houston included catechists, teachers and administrators who teach preschoolers to high school students in cities and rural areas across the country and around the world. One thing the entire group seemed to have in common was the […]
National
By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Catholic institutions were still analyzing the effect of a new set of proposed rules on insurance coverage of contraceptives issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The 80-page document released Feb. 1 by HHS attempts to address objections that the previous rules would force religious employers to stop providing employee health […]
Arts
By Mark Pattison
WASHINIGTON – Dave Brubeck, the influential and prolific pianist whose composition “Take Five” became a standard in the annals of jazz, died Dec. 5 at age 91, one day before his 92nd birthday. He was reportedly on his way to visit a cardiologist in Norwalk, Conn., with his son Darius when he suffered a heart […]
National
By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic News Service
BALTIMORE – Christopher Gaul, former reporter and managing editor of The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore Archdiocese, was remembered after his death Oct. 18 for his creative, careful and thorough approach to his work and as “a good Catholic journalist.” In 1995, when Gaul was the senior writer at the paper, his take on […]
Global
By Lise Alves
SAO PAULO – A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria. The Catholic samba block group known as Revelry for Christ was scheduled to parade through downtown Rio Jan. 27. […]
National
By Joseph Austin Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – An informational slide that listed Catholicism, evangelical Christianity and other religious groups under the heading of “Religious Extremism” and was recently used in a training briefing for a group of about 100 Army Reserve soldiers has been removed from the presentation. But the fact these groups were ever put on a list that […]
Local
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I am 54 years old, divorced and about to enter my second marriage. My first one ended against my will; my husband was unfaithful and wanted out. Catholic faith is very important to me. My boyfriend (of two-and-a-half years) and I have talked about marrying, and last night he asked me how I felt […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – In dealing with several serious issues confronting the church and society today, “the only question is how you respond, not whether you should,” said Helen Alvare at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held May 9 in Washington. The response Alvare suggested to her audience: “As our leader (Pope Francis) is fearless, let us […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – A Catholic Press Association-commissioned study showed that 26 percent of adult Catholics had read a print copy of their diocesan newspaper or magazine in the past three months, but only 4 percent had gone to their computer to view the online version of the publication. The study also revealed that readership of Catholic […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A majority of Catholics say they share the U.S. bishops’ concerns about the federal contraceptive mandate and other government restrictions on religious liberty, and the percentage of Catholics who say they are satisfied with the bishops’ leadership has increased sharply in the past 10 years. Catholics who attend Mass more frequently are more […]
