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By Christine Stoddard
In “Laudato Si’,” his encyclical on climate change issued June 18, Pope Francis cites St. Francis of Assisi’s “The Canticle of the Creatures,” a 13th-century hymn in which earth is likened to “a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us.” “This sister now cries […]
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By Dave Borowski
Marian Homes, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that provides homes for people with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, officially opened its third home June 25 at a ceremony at the Gresham Street location in north Springfield. The new home, Queen of Peace, will house five men. Four are in residence now, and the fifth will be […]
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By Bill Dodds | Catholic News Service
We froze our first summer in Seattle. I had just finished sixth grade when my family left the Midwest for this strange new land. It never got really warm during the days. And the nights were always cold. Then, too, there were the number of gray days versus the number of sunny days. I don’t […]
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By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In an effort to render the Vatican more effective in today’s digital world, Pope Francis established a new Secretariat for Communications, whose aim is to coordinate and streamline the Holy See’s multiple communications outlets. The development of digital media, with its converging technologies and interactive capabilities, “requires a rethinking of the information […]
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By Richard Szczepanowski | catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis will make history during his visit to Washington in September, when he becomes the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress and he says the first canonization Mass to be celebrated in the United States. Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl outlined details of the pope’s Sept. 22-24 visit to […]
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By Russell Shaw
Is spiritual direction intended only for a small elite group composed of clergy and nuns and a handful of laity with special vocations? Not really. Direction is generally for serious Christians, whether cleric, religious or lay. But since that is seldom said these days, it needs explaining. Here goes. Spiritual direction can be described many […]
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By Christine Stoddard
As attacks against Christians in the Middle East continue, Christianity and Islam peacefully converged at the Seventh North American Syriac Symposium June 21-24 at Catholic University in Washington. Scholars explored everything from the portrayals of the Virgin Mary in the Quran to Christian law in medieval Iraq, with an emphasis on late antiquity. In his […]
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By Nora Hamerman | for The Catholic Herald
The Catholic community in Clinton, Md., will celebrate the first Catholic baptism of Native Americans in the original 13 Colonies July 5. It took place 375 years ago in 1640 when Jesuit Father Andrew White baptized the Tayac (emperor) of the Piscataway Indians. A mural by a Catholic artist from Virginia, Henry Wingate, records the […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. Bill O’Reilly (a lifelong Catholic) posed the following question on national television: “Since the Catholic Church condemns same-sex marriage, why haven’t Catholic clergy publicly addressed the matter?” How would you answer? (A reader in Baltimore) A. The position of the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage is clear and straightforward. In January 2015, while in […]
