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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – A Catholic Press Association-commissioned study showed that 26 percent of adult Catholics had read a print copy of their diocesan newspaper or magazine in the past three months, but only 4 percent had gone to their computer to view the online version of the publication. The study also revealed that readership of Catholic […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A majority of Catholics say they share the U.S. bishops’ concerns about the federal contraceptive mandate and other government restrictions on religious liberty, and the percentage of Catholics who say they are satisfied with the bishops’ leadership has increased sharply in the past 10 years. Catholics who attend Mass more frequently are more […]
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By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The 113th Congress includes some slight shifts in religious makeup over the previous session, with a few more Catholics, the first Buddhist in the Senate and the first Hindu to serve in either chamber. It’s a historic high for the number of Catholics in Congress, with 163, although that’s just two more seats […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and four Protestant denominations in the Reformed tradition have publicly signed an agreement that recognizes the validity of each other’s baptisms. The four Protestant bodies are the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Reformed Church in America and the United […]
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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Three faith-based organizations working to reform the country’s immigration laws are set to receive $800,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. The grants to the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the PICO National Network will bolster campaigns to […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
St. John the Beloved Church in McLean will host a celebration weekend Sept 20-22 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of their mission. The events will begin Sept. 20 at 6420 Linway Terrace in McLean from 6 to 10 p.m. with an authentic Louisiana shrimp boil with jambalaya and New Orleans bread pudding; a […]
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Divine Mercy University will hold a ceremonial opening at the Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, May 19 at 6 p.m. Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will participate with Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Barry C. Knestout and University President Father Charles Sikorsky. Following the ceremony, Archbishop Lori will present […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis had been pope for less than six days when he was formally installed March 19, but he had already made a distinctive and overwhelmingly favorable impression on the world. That is an especially remarkable accomplishment given that, until his election, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio had been practically unknown […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – With Jesus’ resurrection “love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious,” Pope Francis said in his first Easter message “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world). “Let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish,” the […]
National
By Joseph Austin Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama April 11 awarded the Medal of Honor to famed Korean War chaplain Father Emil Kapaun, presenting it to the priest’s nephew, Ray Kapaun, nearly 22,604 days after his uncle’s death in a prisoner of war camp. “He should have got it long time ago,” Joe Ramirez, a war veteran, told […]
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