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By Bill Brewer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Cardinal Justin Rigali, former archbishop of St. Louis and Philadelphia who is currently in residence in Knoxville, was a priest assistant at the Second Vatican Council – a spot that essentially gave him a backstage pass. The significance wasn’t lost on the then-27-year-old Los Angeles priest, who called it a privilege to […]
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By Matthew Gambino Catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – A vacation house at the South Jersey shore used by generations of elderly priests was sold at auction by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for $4.5 million Sept. 15. Steve and Ilene Berger of Newtown Square won the bidding at $4.125 million for Villa St. Joseph by the Sea, a 19-room, 9,800-square-foot mansion in […]
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By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York invited the Republican and Democratic candidates for president and vice president to sign a petition seeking civil dialogue and to refrain from personal attacks during the two months remaining in the campaign leading up to the November election. The “Civility in America” petition developed by […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A majority of Catholics say they share the U.S. bishops’ concerns about the federal contraceptive mandate and other government restrictions on religious liberty, and the percentage of Catholics who say they are satisfied with the bishops’ leadership has increased sharply in the past 10 years. Catholics who attend Mass more frequently are more […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Going to Mass together and setting aside time each day to talk to each other are two simple practices that can help Catholic couples strengthen their marriage and be examples to others, said a papal message. Pope Benedict XVI “invites Christian couples to be ‘the gentle and smiling face of the church,’ […]
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By Catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – The jury reached a partial verdict June 22 in the clergy sex abuse trial. Msgr. William Lynn, former archdiocesan secretary for clergy, was found guilty on one count of child endangerment and acquitted on two other charges, including conspiracy. The jury was deadlocked on charges against Father James J. Brennan, charged with attempted […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Paolo Gabriele, the papal assistant, has been accused of aggravated theft, a crime that under Vatican laws is punishable with a prison term of 1 to 6 years, a Vatican judge said. Paolo Papanti-Pelletier, the judge, said under the terms of the Vatican’s 1929 treaty with Italy, a person found guilty and […]
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By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has issued guidelines for how federally funded faith-based programs should be administered, ranging from explanations of what is considered “explicitly religious” activity to how organizations can preserve their religious identities while using federal funds to provide services. Among the guidelines are that faith organizations are not required to remove crucifixes, […]
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By Valerie Schmalz Catholic News Service
SAN FRANCISCO – The Vatican is working to authenticate whether the 1997 healing of an Oakland-area man with incurable cancer came about through the intercession of Father Franz Stock, a German Army chaplain to Paris prisoners of the Nazis. Such authentication is needed before the priest’s beatification can be approved. Father Stock was “the last […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Light and darkness, truth and lies, hope and despair are in a constant battle in the world, but with his death and resurrection Jesus conquered sin and death for all time, Pope Benedict XVI said on Easter. “If Jesus is risen, then – and only then – has something truly new happened, […]
