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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Ceremonial and sacred objects from different parts of the world present enormous challenges for art restorers; they must clean, repair and preserve very unusual and delicate materials such as blue kingfisher bird feathers glued onto an 18th-century Chinese metal headdress or hair and reptile skin decorating an Ethiopian string instrument made out […]
National
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Pope Francis will meet with bishops from the United States and around the world at the Cathedral of St. Matthew Sept. 22. Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington and USCCB president Archbishop Joseph Kurtz will speak at the event. The pope will address the bishops in Spanish. The livestream starts at 11:30 a.m.
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The new proposed rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding insurance coverage of contraceptives show movement but fall short of addressing the U.S. bishops’ concerns, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a Feb. 7 statement. The cardinal, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – The dates may not be printed on many people’s wall calendars, but they mark a certain passage of time nonetheless: the “October surprise” every four years before a presidential election, “Black Friday” the day after Thanksgiving in November to mark the start of the holiday shopping season, and the “December dilemma,” in which […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
ROME – Scholars are unlikely to agree anytime soon on the authenticity of a newly published text containing a reference to Jesus’ “wife.” But the tiny papyrus fragment, purportedly dating to the fourth century A.D., has already stirred interest in the early church’s attitudes toward marriage, sex and the role of women. The fragment of […]
National
By Ezra Fieser
NAPLES, Fla. – Catholic agencies were working Aug. 27 to assess damage in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaac’s pass over the Caribbean, where at least 24 people died and tens of thousands were evacuated. The storm left widespread flooding and wind damage in Cuba and Hispaniola, the island shared by the Dominican Republic and […]
Global
By Patricia Zapor
HAVANA – The 52 seminarians at San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary outside of Havana have a daunting task ahead of them, but a great deal of enthusiasm for how to tackle it. They will join only about 300 priests in the whole country – one priest per every 19,000 Catholics – the widest ratio […]
National
By Mark Patton
WASHINGTON – Catholics are at risk of losing their connection to the land, according to a professor from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. “There are 244 Catholic degree-granting institutions in the United States, and not one of them offers an undergraduate degree program in agriculture,” said Christopher Thompson, academic dean at […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY- The 115 cardinals participating in the conclave will know the identity of the new pope before the rest of the world, but their advance knowledge is likely to last for well over an hour, and even more in the unlikely event that the candidate they choose is not in the Sistine Chapel with […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The pope’s bees had a bittersweet year producing a lower-than-expected yield due to intense summer heat. The bees live on a 50-acre farm at the papal summer villa in Castel Gandolfo, a small town in the hills southeast of Rome. Despite their hard work, the one-half million bees only managed to pull […]
