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By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America said Oct. 13 that the organization’s clinics will no longer accept reimbursement for fetal tissue procured in abortions and provided to researchers. Cecile Richards said the decision was made “to completely debunk” a series of 11 videos released in recent weeks by the […]
Schools
Bishop O’Connell High School held its homecoming dance Oct. 10.
National
By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON – Father Ben Garrett said he has “never felt more useful in my life” as a priest than as a Navy chaplain meeting the pastoral and sacramental needs of service members. “Being a priest in the military is extremely fulfilling,” he said. “Not only is it a need for our people, but it’s also […]
National
By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – Helen Alvaré is a law professor at George Mason University in Arlington, a consultant to the Vatican and the U.S. bishops about marriage and life issues, and has been a recognized defender of Catholic teaching on marriage and the family for many years. She also is a wife and mother. But being an […]
Schools
By Erin Stout
Love the tragic tale of “Romeo and Juliet”? Entranced by the magic in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries introduced an English class for the 2015-16 school year that mixes poetry and theater – and will bring it to life for middle-school audiences. John Paul English teacher […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
CHOSICA, Peru – An American member of the Congregation of Holy Cross was named an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Chosica. Bishop-designate Arthur J. Colgan, 68, a native of Dorchester, Mass., has served as vicar general of the diocese since 2010. The appointment was announced at the Vatican Oct. 13. “As I pray about […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland, made his first visit to a national shrine in Washington dedicated to the pope he served as personal secretary for nearly 27 years. The cardinal consecrated the main altar at the St. John Paul II National Shrine during an Oct. 2 Mass of dedication. The work of […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Two couples attending the Synod of Bishops on the family said what surprised them most about their first synod in Rome was reading inaccurate media coverage of the closed-door proceedings, the diversity of problems families face around the world and the synod fathers’ great concern and compassion for the family. Even though […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The first week of the Synod of Bishops on the family ended with near unanimous calls to be more positive in describing family life today and to show more appreciation for Catholic families living close to the church’s ideals. But there were also widespread questions among synod participants about the work they […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
It was a summer day in Bogotá, Colombia, when Katharine Britton of Fredericksburg witnessed a young woman sobbing as she boarded a taxi in Teusaquillo, a neighborhood famous for its prevalence of abortion clinics. “She was probably crying because she just had an abortion,” said Britton, the Latin American outreach director for 40 Days for […]
