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By Lise Alves
SAO PAULO – A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria. The Catholic samba block group known as Revelry for Christ was scheduled to parade through downtown Rio Jan. 27. […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched “Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage” to take place Jan. 19-27 as part of events marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand in the U.S. Jan. 22 is the actual anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision, […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Retired Richmond Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, a resilient advocate for world peace and the dignity of poor Appalachian coal miners, poverty-stricken urban residents and migrant workers working under exhausting conditions alike, died of liver cancer Dec. 11. He was 84. A public visitation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, from 3-6 p.m. at […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz and Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Nativity story, like the whole story of Christ, is not merely an event in the past, but has unfolding significance for people today, with implications for such issues as the limits of political power and the purpose of human freedom, Pope Benedict writes in his third and final volume on the […]
National
By Chelsea Weikart Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The foundations of America rest not on one religion, but many, according to historians at a panel discussion about a new PBS documentary on religious freedom. Although contemporary Americans tend to think of the founders as being of one or a handful of Protestant faiths, “in the 18th century we had a seemingly […]
National
By Barbara Watkins Catholic News Service
ST. LOUIS – Catholic Charities USA “has helped shape the service of God’s love into an essential part of American culture,” the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum said in an address in St. Louis. Since the beginnings of the Catholic Church in the U.S., Cardinal Robert Sarah said, Catholics in this country have […]
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 […]
National
By Ana Rodriguez-soto Catholic News Service
MIAMI – Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the patroness of Cuba and the Cuban people, Our Lady Charity of El Cobre, was “a dream,” said an emotional Father Juan Rumin Dominguez. “A year ago, I thought that we should celebrate the 400th anniversary with great joy and plenty of participation from the people. And I […]
National
By Catherine Mcdonough Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – St. Augustine’s “Confessions,” the autobiographical account of his sinful youth and eventual conversion to Christianity, may be a centuries-old story but its message still resonates today, according to the head of Ignatius Press. For the first time, a feature film – titled “Restless Heart” – will tell the story of the fifth-century doctor […]
