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By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The visit of a papal delegation to the capital of war-torn Syria, previously announced for late October, has been postponed indefinitely, and the delegation’s membership, which was to have included Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will be changed. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, made the announcement Oct. 23 […]
National
By Catholic News Service
AURORA, Colo. – Denver Auxiliary Bishop James D. Conley said July 22 the “senseless and evil act of violence” at an Aurora movie theater has left many wondering how and why such a tragedy could have happened. In his invocation at an evening prayer service at the Aurora Municipal Center that drew thousands, he said […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
ROME – In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm. While some of the comments were harsh and even obscene, […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The deadly bombing of a new church in northern Tanzania left at least two people dead and a dozen injured while the Vatican nuncio escaped unharmed after the attack. Archbishop Francisco Padilla, apostolic nuncio to Tanzania, was among those attending the inauguration of a new church in the city of Arusha May […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict added a 16th-century Spanish priest and a 12th-century German abbess to the roster of doctors of the universal church. The pope proclaimed the new doctors, St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen, at Mass Oct. 7 in St. Peter’s Square, where the thousands in attendance included pilgrims waving […]
Movies
Writer-director Tyler Perry reprises the role of Madea, the familiar, frequently mixed-up, but mostly moral force of nature in a muumuu. In one of her weaker outings, her district attorney nephew (also Perry) convinces Madea to shelter a white family (headed by Eugene Levy) after a massive corporate Ponzi scheme gone awry, leaving Levy’s falsely […]
National
By Nancy Frazier O’brien
WASHINGTON – Although allegations of child sex abuse by U.S. priests and deacons continue to surface, the vast majority involve actions taken decades ago by clergy who have since died or been removed from ministry, according to a new report. The 2011 survey of abuse-related allegations and costs conducted by the Center for Applied Research […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Charitable works, rites of passage and the cultural mixing produced by globalization all offer opportunities for bringing lapsed Catholics back into the fold, but success in such efforts depends on personal repentance and collective inspiration, U.S. bishops told a Vatican gathering Oct. 9. On the second working day of the world Synod […]
National
By Chelsea Weikart Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The foundations of America rest not on one religion, but many, according to historians at a panel discussion about a new PBS documentary on religious freedom. Although contemporary Americans tend to think of the founders as being of one or a handful of Protestant faiths, “in the 18th century we had a seemingly […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, established to promote studies in theology and philosophy, will award one of its two major prizes this year to U.S. Jesuit Father Brian E. Daley, a patristics expert and professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. The other prize winner is Remi Brague, a […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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