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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz and Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Even though Pope Benedict XVI will spend his retirement near Rome and then inside Vatican City, he will not play any role in the upcoming election for a new pope, and he will not interfere with the responsibilities and decision-making activities of the new pontiff, the Vatican spokesman said. Rather, the new […]
National
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – After “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned” – even if they get that far – there are millions of Catholics who don’t exactly know what to say next. This is especially true for Catholics who have not gone to confession in years, or even decades. Despite parishes and dioceses inviting inactive Catholics […]
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By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Exemptions from the requirement to provide contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act will be simplified to include many more types of religious institutions and accommodate the needs of self-insured church entities that say they must keep a clear financial and functional wall between themselves and the provision of contraceptives. A new set […]
National
By Joseph Austin
WASHINGTON – Among the thousands of people gathered in Washington Jan. 25 for the annual March for Life were two best friends from Christendom College, Paul Wilson and John Schofield, who had walked eight miles from St. Mary’s Church in Alexandria, Va., on a “holy pilgrimage.” Others found their way on long bus trips from […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Vatican City State vendors, including the Vatican Museums and supermarket, stopped accepting credit- and debit-card payments Jan. 1, citing technical difficulties amid unofficial reports of regulatory concerns by Italian financial authorities. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said late Jan. 2, “The arrangement between several Vatican City State offices and one of […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Nov. 26 for a federal appeals court to take up a Christian college’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act, reopening one of several lawsuits filed by religious and other groups who oppose elements of the law. The court ordered the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Members of the Synod of Bishops recommended the Vatican establish a commission to monitor religious freedom, develop guidelines for training evangelizers and ensure there is a church in every diocese where confession is always available. At the end of the three-week world Synod of Bishops on new evangelization, members of the gathering […]
Local
Aneel Aranha, a well-regarded Catholic evangelist from Dubai, will conduct a full-day “Growth Retreat” April 14 at Tuscany Hall, 21125 Kettle Club Rd., Culpeper, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The retreat is intended to help Catholics grow in prayer, faith and their relationships. Aranha is the founder of Holy Spirit Interactive, a Catholic lay […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – It was Oct. 11, 1962, and the bishop of Inchon, Korea, was walking in a procession of more than 2,200 other bishops into St. Peter’s Basilica on the opening day of the Second Vatican Council. “Every light was on in the basilica because of television,” said the bishop, ordained for the Maryknoll […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Here are the 16 documents approved by the Second Vatican Council, which ran from Oct. 11, 1962, to Dec. 8, 1965, and their dates of promulgation: – Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (“Sacrosanctum Concilium”), Dec. 4, 1963. It ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people would have a clearer sense of […]
