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By Tim Bishop | Catholic News Service
WHEELING, W.Va. – Catholic schools throughout the statewide Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston now have access to funding to be used to give children with special needs the opportunity to receive a Catholic education. The Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education of West Virginia is making it possible for all students to have access to an education grounded […]
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By David Agren | Catholic News Service
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia – Camillian Father Mateo Bautista Garcia plans to push his palms outward when Pope Francis passes by so the pontiff can read his political protest written with a marker: “10 percent.” The priest, who previously worked under Pope Francis in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, also plans to pass out paper hands […]
Movies
Ruminations on the riddles of time travel fill the gaps between explosions as director Alan Taylor adds an easily forgotten chapter to the action franchise that began with 1984’s “The Terminator.” The Messiah-like figure (Jason Clarke) at the head of humanity’s future struggle against a race of murderous machines is threatened by a cyborg (Byung-hun […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
QUITO, Ecuador – Education is a right and a privilege that should impart not only knowledge and skills, but also a sense of responsibility for others and for the earth, Pope Francis told representatives of Ecuadorean schools and universities. “God gives us not only life, he gives us the earth, he gives us all of […]
National
By Catholic News Service
EDMOND, Okla. – The Westerman Foundation, based in Edmond, plans to award $1 million in grants to Catholic schools, parishes and charitable organizations and is currently accepting grant applications. The deadline to apply is Aug. 1. Online applications are available on the foundation’s website, www.thewestermanfoundation.org. Recipients will be announced in late September and funds will […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
QUITO, Ecuador – Catholics will never be effective evangelizers if they are squabbling among themselves, and they cannot show the world how faith in Christ responds to the human yearning for freedom and peace if they are divided, Pope Francis said. The pope’s Mass July 7 at Quito’s Bicentennial Park was billed as a Mass […]
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By Catholic News Service
SAN ANTONIO – Five centuries-old Spanish missions in Texas newly declared as World Heritage Sites by a U.N. agency “have helped to shape the face of San Antonio,” said Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller. “They are still a haven of culture and history,” he said in a statement July 6. “We especially value that they continue as […]
Global
By David Agren | Catholic News Service
EL ALTO, Bolivia – Belfries and spires poke the sky in this ramshackle city of impromptu developments, rutted roads and brick buildings, billed by locals as one of the highest in the world at more than 13,000 feet above sea level. In the Villa Adela neighborhood, an onion dome towers over the Cuerpo de Cristo […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox must pray together and work hand-in-hand helping the poor, Pope Francis told thousands of Catholic charismatics and members of other Christian communities. If the devil “unites us in death, who are we to divide ourselves in life?” he said, adding that all Christians can and must pray together, […]
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