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By Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Kim Davis, the now-famous clerk in Rowan County, Ky., who became known for her refusal to issue marriage licenses, was arrested and incarcerated in early September. She refused to affix her signature to licenses being sought by two people of the same sex, even after the Supreme Court had legalized same-sex marriage, noting that this […]
Pope Francis
By Ezra Fieser
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba is a sign of his closeness to the nation’s people at a time they “breathe the air of hope” that relations with the United States will improve, said Bishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Guantanamo-Baracoa. “It’s not easy to live at odds with your next door […]
National
By Tom Tracy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The first traces of preparation for Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit this September could be said to have started in Milan, Italy, in 2012. In closing the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families held there that year, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the 2015 gathering would take place in Philadelphia. Right […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – A self-described “homebody,” Pope Francis will make the 10th foreign trip of his pontificate in this month when he visits Cuba and then, for the first time in his life, the United States. The visit of the 78-year-old Argentine pope comes in a year packed with important events for him: the publication […]
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By George Weigel
The history of popes in these United States is full of surprises. And one of them, to begin at the beginning, includes the little-known fact that Blessed Paul VI was not the first pontiff to set foot on American territory, when he landed at newly-renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport Oct. 4, 1965. No, the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ 10th foreign trip will be the longest of his pontificate and, with stops in Cuba, three U.S. cities and the United Nations, it also will be a “very complex trip,” the papal spokesman said. Briefing reporters about the trip, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the plans were “enriched” […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ desire for a church whose doors are wide open isn’t just a metaphor for encouraging a greater spirit of welcoming. He also has been giving real orders to Vatican staff to lift the locks on places and spaces that were long closed to the general public – the latest being […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – More than 360 participants, including 18 married couples from around the world, were expected to attend October’s Synod of Bishops on the family. In addition to the 166 synod members elected by their national bishops’ conferences, 22 heads of Eastern Catholic churches, 25 heads of Vatican congregations and councils and 10 heads […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Stephen Colbert, who took over Sept. 8 as host of CBS’ “Late Night” program, said in an interview for Canada’s Salt + Light Television that his “Colbert Report” character was intended to be a “well¬-intentioned, poorly informed, high-¬status idiot.” “I would say he’s a fool. And though Christ says, “Call no man fool,’ […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – A pope needs friends, needs mercy and needs to reach out to all people, Pope Francis said in two radio interviews released in mid-September. Pope Francis told Portugal’s Catholic Radio Renascenca that he goes to confession “every 15 days, 20 days. I confess to a Franciscan priest, Father Blanco, who is kind […]
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