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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, said her grandmother “loved the Staten Island Ferry, so what an honor to have one named after her.” “In these days of global instability, let us use this moment to remember her efforts to make peace,” Hennessy, herself a social justice activist, said at a […]
National
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
With an audience of over 1.5 million around the world, the Bible in a Year podcast is the No. 1 podcast in Religion and Spirituality on Apple Podcasts. And now, Catholics and non-Catholics alike can embark on a new journey as the Catechism in a Year podcast is set to launch on Jan. 1, 2023. […]
Global
By Alan Koppschall
More than 2,400 contestants raced through Rome in the 14th annual All Saints’ Day 10K, the Corsa dei Santi (Race of the Saints), where competitors run the streets traversed by many saints over the centuries. The athletes, professional and amateur, ran by the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps, and other sites in the Eternal City in […]
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WASHINGTON — A nonprofit in Shreveport, Louisiana, is this year’s winner of the Opus Prize, a $1 million award for advancing humanitarian work. Community Renewal International works in both the United States and Africa to renew cities through restoring relationships. The award was announced Nov. 3 at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Catholic […]
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
Nancy Emanuel was teaching a catechetics class to children with intellectual disabilities. She practiced the Sign of the Cross with them and receiving Communion with unconsecrated hosts. When the big day came, their first Communion, one little girl accepted the Eucharist and went to place it in her mouth. She stopped, pulled it out […]
Global
ACCRA, Ghana — As Ghana’s national soccer team, the Black Stars, joins other national teams for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, some Ghanaian citizens have been talking about Iñaki Williams, who was named after a Catholic priest. His parents, Ghanaians Felix Williams and Maria (Mary) Arthuer, crossed the Sahara and, when they got […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
AWALI, Bahrain — Traveling as a “sower of peace” to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Pope Francis further strengthened ties with the Muslim world and witnessed the joy and vitality of its minority and predominately expatriate Christian population. His message promoting the peaceful coexistence of different cultures and ethnicities also included the wider Persian Gulf region, […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Aging or declining membership should prompt members of religious orders to ask, “What do we do?” but not to despair, Pope Francis said. Numbers are a real challenge, but “those who get caught up in pessimism put faith aside,” the pope told students and staff of the Claretian Institute of the Theology […]
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Middle and high school students across the United States are invited to submit an essay sharing their thoughts on protecting the sanctity of human life for the 2022 Pro-Life Essay Contest sponsored by American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Excellence in Writing, the essay contest […]
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More than 200 Catholic school superintendents and network leaders from 38 states met at the Crystal City Hilton in Arlington Oct. 16-19 for the 2022 Catholic Leadership Summit, hosted by the National Catholic Educational Association. Founded in 1904, NCEA is the national voice for some 5,900 Catholic schools and 146,000 Catholic school educators serving nearly […]
