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By Soren Johnson
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”) should be out (or nearly) by the time you read this. If you are still reading this column, props to you. Because for the most part our “Culture of the Big Me” doesn’t do – or understand – “exhortation.” We don’t want to “exhort,” much […]
Columns
By Timothy O’donnell
On Easter Sunday, Mother Angelica passed from our world at the age of 92, leaving behind a great legacy that will continue to live on across television screens “the world over,” as people tune in to programing on her Eternal Word Television Network, otherwise known as EWTN. Her passing in some ways reminds me of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – As discussions continue between Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis met at the Vatican with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society. The Vatican press office confirmed April 4 that the meeting took place but provided no details. On its website, the SSPX said […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
ROME – A medieval Franciscan convent near Assisi opened its doors once again to offer refugees shelter and assistance. With the support of the Order of Friars Minor in Umbria, the local Caritas will provide educational, cultural and language assistance to 13 men from Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. The Franciscans in Assisi have been working […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I have a personal relationship with Christ. That is, He and I talk off and on all day long, inside my head. It’s our relationship – real, alive and very much awake and aware of my world, the sphere in which I orbit, the daily round of my private life. I bring Him my needs […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Georges Cottier, former theologian of the papal household, died March 31 at the age of 93. Sending his condolences to the Swiss cardinal’s sister, Pope Francis said he would be remembered particularly for “his strong faith, paternal kindness and intense cultural and ecclesial activity, especially in the service of Popes John […]
National
By Catholic News Service
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – With Mother Angelica having been essentially bedridden for 15 years following a series of strokes in 2001, staff at the Eternal Word Television Network and members of her order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, had plenty of time to plan and prepare for her funeral. “We at EWTN had many plans […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has set April 8 for the release of “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ reflection on the family and family life. The document, subtitled “On Love in the Family,” will be released at a Vatican news conference with Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
BEIRUT – Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East, in their Easter messages, pleaded for peace and urged their faithful to regard the risen Christ as a sign of hope. Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch, said the world – particularly the “political community and the rulers of nations” – badly needs “witnesses to the […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
George Mason University’s law school in Arlington will be renamed for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The announcement was made March 31, along with news that the university foundation has received pledges totaling $30 million to support the law school and that three new scholarship programs will be established. A university press release […]
