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By Catholic News Service
HAGATNA, Guam — Guam’s archbishop said a judge’s June 5 decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the U.S. territory was “a defeat” not only “for Christian principles” but “for our island and the whole of humanity.” “The recognition of a same-sex union, as marriage, destroys the basic fabric of society, and will destroy human beings in […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved new procedures for the Vatican to investigate and judge claims of “abuse of office” by bishops who allegedly failed to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse. The procedures will include a new “judicial section” within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that has a […]
Columns
By Fr. Paul Scalia
Deep within our fallen human nature is that desire – indeed, insistence – to control. Ever since Adam and Eve grasped for the fruit, we have wanted to be in the know, to have a say, to “control our destiny.” Our technological culture exacerbates this desire by giving us a false sense of actually knowing […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
“Gridlock” along the Potomac – the difficulties the Congress has in getting things done, the difficulties the Congress and the White House have in cooperating to get things done, or both – is regularly deplored by pols, pundits and citizens alike. My contrarian view is that this kind of “gridlock” can serve useful public purposes, […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde announced clergy assignments last weekend. See the full list on page 2. Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr. Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr. will become parochial administrator of St. Lawrence Church in Alexandria. He was born in Lansing, Mich., March 16, 1966. He is the eldest of seven children. Father Gripshover […]
Local
By Abbey Jaroma | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Matt Fradd, a popular Catholic speaker who said he has dedicated his life to fighting pornography, teamed up with longtime youth minister Mark Hart, known as the “Bible Geek,” and LifeTeen to develop an app designed to assist young people find victory in their battle against porn. “I worked as an apologist at […]
Global
By Barbara J. Fraser | Catholic News Service
LIMA, Peru – Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message – one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say. “The encyclical will address the issue of inequality in the distribution of resources and topics such as the wasting of food and the irresponsible […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – A sister from Ireland and a sister from New Zealand were rushed to a hospital in Rome June 8 after having spent a weekend trapped in an elevator without food or water. The 58-year-old Irish religious and the 68-year-old religious from New Zealand “are fine, but are not speaking to the press,” […]
Pope Francis
By Laura Ieraci | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Anyone who has taken the wrong road in life can “turn back” and experience the mercy of Jesus, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of mostly young pilgrims about to set off on an overnight walk. Everyone has fallen and made mistakes, but is it important to “get up right away and […]
Local
By Zoey Di Mauro | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis’s open air Mass in Washington in September won’t be able to experience the interior beauty of the Basilica of the National Shine of the Immaculate Conception during the Mass. So the winning students of an altar design contest decided to bring the architecture […]
