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By Carol Zimmerman
BALTIMORE – For Father Leo Patalinghug, faith and food go hand in hand, or in cooking terms, they blend; there is no trick to folding one into the other. “The idea of food in faith is implicit in our Scriptures. It’s implicit in our liturgical calendar,” he said, also adding that without question it’s a […]
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By Catholic News Service
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – With public confidence in government “at historic lows” and cynicism “high,” the University of Notre Dame will present its 2016 Laetare Medal to two public servants known for “their leadership, civility and dedication to our nation,” the university’s president announced. Vice President Joe Biden and former Speaker of the House John […]
National
By Catholic News Service
LOS ANGELES – Nancy Reagan, who became first lady of the United States in January 1981 following husband Ronald Reagan’s victory in the 1980 presidential election, made her anti-drug campaign a signature effort of her eight-year tenure as first lady. Reagan, 94, died March 6 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. Her body was […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Republican candidate Donald Trump’s run for the White House is putting the efforts by the Republican Party to defend and advance the many “noble causes” it has promoted in his history “in grave danger,” said an open letter to Catholics published March 7 in the National Review. “Donald Trump is manifestly unfit to […]
Columns
By Effie Caldarola
I was sitting in a reconciliation room once, confessing my usual garden variety list of sins when I was suddenly aware that the priest was gazing out the window. Being reflective, perhaps? No, I was fairly sure he was daydreaming. I left my confession with the feeling that I was forgiven by God but ignored […]
National
By Erik Zygmont
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A measure that would have legalized physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in the state of Maryland has been withdrawn from the Senate Judiciary Proceedings Committee by its sponsor, Sen. Ronald Young. “I think it’s a reaction of relief that, for this year, this very dangerous legislation is not moving forward,” said […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – The number of baptized Catholics worldwide has grown at a faster rate than that of the world’s population, according to Vatican statistics. Although the number of priests has increased globally, the number has decreased slightly in Europe and Oceania, according to the Vatican’s Central Office for Church Statistics. The figures are presented […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
To no one’s particular surprise, the process of filling the Supreme Court vacancy created by Antonin Scalia’s death has morphed into a huge Washington-style power struggle. What may not be so obvious is that the struggle is actually three struggles in one. These layers of meaning are worth examining for the light that sheds on […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Go to confession. Soon. For Pope Francis, the Year of Mercy is all about sharing the experience of God’s mercy with others. But first, he wants people to experience it themselves, in the confessional. Lent is the perfect time for that kind of spring cleaning, and at the Vatican, in Rome and […]
God’s response to sin