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By Catholic News Service
RICHMOND – In a ruling hailed by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori as “a major victory for the First Amendment,” a federal appeals court in Richmond said two Maryland pregnancy centers cannot be compelled to post notices that they do not have licensed medical professionals on staff. In separate decisions, a three-judge panel of the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Airports are places where even a brief encounter with a kind and welcoming chaplain can have a big impact on leading a person to Christ, Pope Benedict XVI said. Addressing the World Seminar for Catholic Civil Aviation Chaplaincies at the Vatican June 11, the pope said airport chaplains meet people from many […]
National
By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – In a genial, live, two-hour national satellite radio broadcast May 8, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan sent his first Twitter message and fielded questions on issues ranging from his priesthood to his favorite foods and beverages. Cardinal Dolan was featured in a Town Hall event on SiriusXM’s the Catholic Channel 129. […]
National
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 […]
