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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 […]
National
By Joseph Austin
WASHINGTON – When a team of health officials and investigators looking into illegal drug use raided Dr. Kermit Barron Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society Feb. 18, 2010, they happened upon what many are calling a “house of horrors.” “There was blood on the floor. A stench of urine filled the air. A flea-infested cat was wandering […]
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By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – Jan. 6, traditionally celebrated as Epiphany, represented a true epiphany for thousands of Catholic school parents and students in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. On that day, the Blue Ribbon Commission formed by Cardinal Justin Rigali a year earlier, formally presented its final report to his successor, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. While the scope […]
National
By Lou Baldwin
PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Aug. 13 announced the planned sale of select real estate holdings, on a case-by-case basis, to address its operating deficit in the current fiscal year. A deficit of at least $6 million is expected even before any extraordinary costs may be incurred. Properties included are the previously announced sale […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – At what is a critical time for American Catholics to stand up in defense of life and religious freedom, they must engage in the church’s new evangelization effort, deepening their faith and sharing it in their everyday lives and in the public square, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori said Oct. 14. He made […]
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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Wearing Native American beads and feathers, Hawaiian leis, classic Filipino shirts, or German dirndls, Catholics from around the globe gathered in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate the recognition of seven new saints. One of the pilgrims who came to celebrate the canonization of St. Kateri Tekakawita Oct. 21 was Blessed Sacrament Father […]
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Campus musical in which a college student (Anna Kendrick) joins an all-female a cappella group that’s on track to compete in an annual competition. Along the way to the singing showdown, she clashes with the ensemble’s traditionally minded leader (Anna Camp) and finds romance with a fellow music lover (Skylar Astin), despite his membership in […]
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By Jonathan Luxmmore Catholic News Service
WARSAW, Poland – Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp took over as head of the Polish church during “hard and uncertain” times, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk of Gniezno told hundreds of people at the cardinal’s funeral. “His life was not easy and his service (was) demanding,” Archbishop Kowalczyk said during the homily at the Jan. 28 Mass in […]
National
By Catholic News Service
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Nearly eight in 10 Americans say they are “frustrated with the tone in politics today,” and nearly three-quarters of Americans say that campaigns have become more negative over the years. Those attitudes were among the responses in a new Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll conducted July 9-July 11. The Knights released the […]
Global
By Francis X. Rocca
BEIRUT – Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon Sept. 14, saying that he came “as a pilgrim of peace, as a friend of God and as a friend of men.” In his remarks at a welcoming ceremony at Beirut’s airport, Pope Benedict praised Lebanon, with a mixed population of Christians and Muslims, for its distinctive […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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