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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Welcoming in the new year, Pope Benedict XVI said that despite the injustice and violence in the world, every human being yearns for and is made for peace. “Man is made for peace, which is a gift of God,” but also something individuals must work tirelessly to build, he said. The pope […]
Global
By David Agren Catholic News Service
MEXICO CITY – A recent Pew Hispanic Center Report found a leveling in the number of Mexicans arriving in the United States and those heading back to Mexico, but omitted another group: Central Americans, who are heading north in ever larger numbers, despite dangers along the route. “During this season the flow of Central American […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME – The Vatican-ordered revision of the statutes of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will continue, but it must be accompanied with a real dialogue, which has been missing from the process, said Brazilian Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. “It […]
Movies
This second sequel to 2010’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” – based, like its predecessors, on author Jeff Kinney’s series of “novels in cartoons” – provides a warm, kid-friendly comic outing that emphasizes the virtue of honesty and the importance of familial ties. Zachary Gordon once again plays the awkward preteen protagonist who, in this […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien Catholic News Service
PITTSBURGH – Dr. Scott Miller remembers when he first decided to specialize in palliative care and hospice more than 20 years ago. He was an intern and saw the disdain with which some attending physicians treated patients who could no longer benefit from the sophisticated medical technology that hospitals could offer. “‘That’s an intern case,’ […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Having a Catholic presence online isn’t enough for effective evangelization, the Vatican said. The church must develop “a new way of thinking” in order to find ways that engage and help people meet Christ, it said. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications announced Sept. 29 that Pope Benedict XVI had chosen “Social […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., ordained 33 men from the Pontifical North American College to the diaconate Oct. 4 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Hundreds of family members, friends and students filled the pews at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s as they watched the joy-filled liturgy rich in […]
Local
According to the diocesan Office for Family Life: – In 2011, 1,165 couples attended the diocesan-run Conferences for the Engaged. – At the 2011 Marriage Jubilee Mass, 133 couples celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, a total of 3,325 years of marriage; and 88 couples celebrated their the 50th wedding anniversary, a total of 4,400 years […]
Local
The Arlington Diocese will host a Multicultural Mass and Fair Oct. 21, World Mission Sunday, at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More, 3901 Cathedral Lane, Arlington, at 2:30 p.m. Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will celebrate the Mass, which will be followed by a fair showcasing the diverse Catholic communities of the diocese. There will […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Calling for unity – not uniformity – in the church, Pope Francis said diversity is a blessing only when all Catholics recognize and follow church teaching. “It is the church which brings Christ to me and me to Christ; parallel journeys are dangerous,” he told some 200,000 members of Catholic lay movements […]
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