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By David Gibson
WASHINGTON – Because potential sexual abusers of minors cannot be pinpointed through “identifiable psychological characteristics,” it is “very important” to prevent abuse by limiting the “situational factors” associated with it, according to a long-awaited report on the causes and context of sexual abuse by priests in the United States. The report, released in Washington May […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – A new Vatican instruction calls on local bishops and pastors to respond generously to Catholics who seek celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite. The instruction, issued May 13, said pastors should approve such Masses for groups of faithful, even when such groups […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The following diocesan and religious order priests are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2011: 25 YEARS Father Eric J. Albertson grew up in Springfield and attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria. He studied business at West Virginia University and graduated with a bachelor’s of science in 1981. While in college, he signed up for ROTC […]
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By Dave Borowski
Father Richard M. Guest, pastor of St. Theresa Church in Ashburn, remembers driving on a dirt road to the parish to help out with confessions early in his priesthood. When he became parochial administrator of the parish in 2003 many years later, there was just a sliver of the old road left. Most roads had […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
The Vatican said the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, a man who sowed division and hatred and who caused “innumerable” deaths, should prompt serious reflection about one’s responsibility before God, not rejoicing. “It is important that we recognize the distinction between support for this act of justice defending our nation and a misguided […]
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By Christine Bordelon
NEW ORLEANS – More than 7,000 Catholic educators kicked off the National Catholic Educational Association’s annual convention with a New Orleans flavor April 26. After an opening speech by Boston College theology professor Father Michael Himes and a Mass celebrated by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, conventioneers were ushered out of the main hall […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – During the April 27 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, speakers paid tribute to the soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II and urged Catholic participants to continue his legacy of defending religious liberty and human dignity. Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., urged the audience of about 1,500 people, including politicians and Catholics […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
For Tom Duesterhaus, community is everything. After growing up in a family with eight kids, teaching in a classroom for 15 years and living in a communal environment since his second year of college, it’s no wonder he’s used to having people around. “Community has always been such a crucial component for me,” he said […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – As a 37-year-old priest, then-Father Donald W. Wuerl witnessed the election of Pope John Paul II in 1978, as reportedly the only noncardinal allowed into that conclave. He was priest-secretary to U.S. Cardinal John Wright, who was then in frail health, and he assisted the churchman at the conclave. That priest is now […]
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By Richard Szczepanowski
CLINTON, Md. – Although Mary Surratt was tried, convicted and executed for her participation in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, some historians still question just how involved in the scheme the Catholic widow really was. Was Surratt guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Lincoln? Did she know that the original […]
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