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By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The timing of Pew Hispanic Center’s report saying Mexican migration to the U.S. had leveled off or reversed course ensured that it would get prominent play April 23 and 24. Coming just two days before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Arizona v. United States over that state’s law cracking down on […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Almost 30 years after the still-unexplained disappearance of a teenage girl who lived with her family at the Vatican, the Holy See continues to be willing to cooperate with efforts to solve the mystery, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi issued a three-page statement April 14 recalling how often Pope […]
Global
By Ezra Fieser Catholic News Service
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Haitian and Dominican bishops said they will create a commission that will work to help reconstruct Haiti more than two years after a major earthquake destroyed the Caribbean nation. Several Catholic groups have been working on the ground toward reconstructing the country. The commission will differ in that it will […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Michael Copps, who stepped down Jan. 1 after serving 10 years on the Federal Communications Commission – including a brief stint as the interim FCC chair – can point to many areas where the FCC made positive headway and warded off proposals he considered ill-advised. But perhaps what pleased Copps most was that […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – This past January, Nova Nelson sang as a soloist with the Archdiocese of Washington Mass Choir at Holy Redeemer Church in Washington at the annual archdiocesan Mass honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Oct. 16, Nelson stood before tens of thousands of people from across the […]
National
By Maryangela Layman Roman
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. – The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced April 3 that it will publicly release approximately 3,000 pages of documents that contain details about clergy sexual abuse and will post them to the archdiocesan website by July 1. The documents, taken from priest personnel files, files of the bishops and vicar for clergy and […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 – and 2013, considering when the House of Representatives passed it – will be known as much by what it doesn’t include as what it does include. The legislation, among other things, extends the farm bill by nine months, which prevents milk prices from doubling. But […]
Global
Malala Yousufzai, a young Pakistani school-girl, was shot Oct. 9 by the Taliban for reportedly advocating girls’ education. She was flown to Britain for specialized medical care.
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Labor unions and other worker associations are necessary to help propel workers and their families out of poverty amid a “broken economy,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development. “Economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic life cannot take […]
National
By Laura Dodson Catholic News Service
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The president of the National Council of Catholic Women said she sees “a reawakening of women now that they’re seeing how much our church needs us,” especially with regard to efforts to protect religious freedom. Women are “stepping forward and speaking about our values. Unfortunately, for so long women thought they should […]
