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By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – In an effort to protect Michelangelo’s famed frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums will be installing a new ventilation system to suck the dust, dirt and humidity from visitors. With 5 million tourists pushing through the turnstiles each year, all that traffic is taking its toll as “dust, temperature, humidity […]
Global
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao in the southern Philippines is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official coordinating the agency’s storm response. “It looks like a tsunami hit. It’s just complete and total destruction. Whole hillsides were […]
Local
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 […]
Global
By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service
MANCHESTER, England – The newly appointed leader of the world’s Anglicans is a former oil executive who said his spiritual director was a Catholic monk. Bishop Justin Welby of Durham, who will become the new archbishop of Canterbury, did not name the monk, but told a Nov. 9 news conference at London’s Lambeth Palace that […]
Local
The staff of the Catholic Herald hears about worthy charities, fundraising efforts and clothing drives year-round, but especially at this time of year. Our own parishes hold food drives or put up giving trees, our families bring home fliers about school collections, and our friends tells us about the latest Knights of Columbus project or […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The visit of a papal delegation to the capital of war-torn Syria, previously announced for late October, has been postponed indefinitely, and the delegation’s membership, which was to have included Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will be changed. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, made the announcement Oct. 23 […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The need to defend religious liberty, a key issue this year for the U.S. Catholic bishops and other religious leaders, will now have a new venue for discussion and action in a handful of state legislatures. Leaders from nine states – Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Tennessee – […]
National
By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – When the National Council of Catholic Women chose “Be the Voice of Catholic Women” as the theme of its 2012 convention, the organization’s members probably didn’t foresee how relevant those six words would be in today’s political and cultural environment. More than 540 women who attended the annual gathering Sept. 19-22 […]
National
By Wally Carew
BOSTON – Growing up, the toughest person in Coach Tom Coughlin’s life was not the local playground bully, the wise guy at the school bus stop, or any one of his rough and tumble friends. No way. Not even close. The person most respected and most feared was a St. Joseph nun. Her name was […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A little self-reflection every now and then never hurts. Some call it prayer; others a retreat. Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, co-founders of the Catholic Worker, called it “clarification of thought.” No matter how it’s pegged, something worthy usually emerges. Stephanie Gyldendan, head organizer for ESTHER, a faith-based organization addressing social justice concerns […]
