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By Daniel Linskey Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – For Catholic Eagle Scout Michael Sherburne, achieving the highest rank in the Boy Scouts “is not just about being smart or physically strong, but also spiritually as well.” “That is where the character and values come in,” he said. “Eagles are supposed to be able to stand up (for) their beliefs. We are […]
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By Maureen Boyle
BETHESDA, Md. – Katie Ledecky will bring a gold medal home to Bethesda after winning the 800-freestyle swim race Aug. 3 at the 2012 London Olympics. The 15-year-old, the youngest U.S. Olympian this year, attends Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda and is a parishioner at the Church of the Little Flower, […]
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By Catholic News Service
INDIANAPOLIS – In a decision that could strain relations with the Catholic Church and within its own Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church has approved liturgical resources for the blessing of same-sex relationships. The church’s House of Bishops voted 111-41 July 9 in favor of provisional use of the resources until the next General Convention, held […]
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By Catholic News Service
ATLANTA – During the public sessions of their spring meeting in Atlanta, the U.S. bishops received a 10-year progress report on their abuse charter, voted to draft a message on work and the economy, and heard reports about religious liberty issues in the United States and abroad. They also listened as an Iraqi bishop made […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – The modern world is a latter-day Babel, where arrogance inspired by technological progress leads people to play God and sets them against each other, a predicament from which people can escape only through divinely inspired humility and love, said Pope Benedict XVI. The pope made his remarks during his homily May 27, […]
National
By Liz O’connor Catholic News Service
LEVITTOWN, Penn. – Considering how rapidly the world has changed in the past 100 years, the senior members of families and parish communities have a wealth of memories which, if shared and preserved, can provide a fascinating and lasting legacy. The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress describes “folk life” as the “everyday […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” a committee of the U.S. bishops said in a new statement on religious liberty. Titled “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” the 12-page statement by the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty also calls for “a fortnight for […]
National
By Joseph Kenny
FORISTELL, Mo. – The truck driver sat at the restaurant counter, happy to have someone to talk with at the end of a long day. A Protestant, he goes to church about five times a year, mostly because he’s not at home very often. He works for a good company, one that is concerned for […]
National
BOSTON (CNS) – Erik Goldschmidt, executive vice president of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, known as FADICA, has been named director of Boston College’s Church in the 21st Century Center. He succeeds Robert Newton, special assistant to the president who has been interim director for the past 18 months. Goldschmidt, who took up […]
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By Patricia Zapor
BALTIMORE – When Ken Hackett graduated from Boston College with a business degree in 1968, he expected to work in the corporate world, handling big money accounts, maybe at the phone company that employed his dad. But a spontaneous decision to instead join the Peace Corps led Hackett to the career from which he’s retiring […]
