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By John Mulderig Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – As numerous church leaders have warned in recent years, the rights of believers are increasingly under threat – not only around the world but within the United States as well. So the documentary “First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty” – a look at the origins of the religious guarantees enshrined in […]
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By Dave Borowski
When Brian McAllister was growing up a Lutheran in Richmond, becoming a Catholic priest was the last thing he could have imagined. On June 1, McAllister, 34, will join with four other diocesan seminarians and three men who will be ordained to the permanent diaconate at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. He […]
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By Paula Doyle
LOS ANGELES – After California priest Father Thomas Baker finished a grueling triathlon in Hawaii, he acknowledged that parts of the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike race and a 26.2-mile marathon were tough. That’s when, he said later, he “used the rosary, my mantras and the faces of all those praying for me to help me […]
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The annual Blue Mass will be celebrated by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde Sept. 29 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More, 3901 Cathedral Ln., Arlington, at 5:30 p.m. The Blue Mass honors and prays for the men and women who protect our cities, counties and nation. Area police officers, firefighters and emergency personnel will […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A new liturgical memorial – Oct. 22 – has been approved for Blessed John Paul II by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. The U.S. Conference for Catholic Bishops announced Oct. 19 that the congregation had approved the “optional memorial” for the late pope in the calendar for U.S. dioceses. […]
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By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The youth vote – which was big in 2008 when more than 22 million young adults in the U.S. under the age of 30 went to the polls – looks elusive this year. New surveys, including one from the Pew Research Center, show that young voters are more disengaged this election year. Forty-eight […]
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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,’ […]
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By Tom Dermody Catholic News Service
PEORIA, Ill. – Calling Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen “the model of virtue our world needs today,” friends and family of the famed media evangelist and author gathered Sept. 9 to give thanks for Pope Benedict XVI’s recent decree of “venerable” for him, advancing his sainthood cause. The congregation also prayed for “an even greater celebration […]
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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – A poll analyzing views about gun control in the context of people’s faith groups found that a majority of Americans believe gun rights are as important as other constitutional rights, but they draw the line at guns being permitted in churches and government buildings. The survey by Public Religion Research Institute, released Aug. […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco and named Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., to succeed him. The appointment and resignation were announced in Washington July 27 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Niederauer, 76, had headed […]
