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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis formally began his ministry as bishop of Rome and as pope by pledging to protect the Catholic Church, the dignity of each person and the beauty of creation, just like St. Joseph protected Mary and Jesus. “To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them […]
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By Catholic News Service
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. – Mother Mary Joseph Rogers, the founder of the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, has been named one of nine American women to be inducted in 2013 into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. The announcement was made March 7, the day before International Women’s Day. Hall of fame deputy director Amanda Bishop […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – In one of his last public appearances, Pope Benedict XVI told an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24 that his upcoming retirement does not mean he is abandoning the church, but that he will be serving it in a new way, through prayer and meditation. At noon, the pope appeared […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, also repeated his assertion that the conclave to elect a new pope would begin sometime between March […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and four Protestant denominations in the Reformed tradition have publicly signed an agreement that recognizes the validity of each other’s baptisms. The four Protestant bodies are the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Reformed Church in America and the United […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Experts have just concluded a two-year study on the seven adult mummies in the Vatican Museums’ collections. The mummies underwent a full battery of X-rays, CT scans, endoscopic explorations, histological exams and a whole spectrum of genetic testing, leading one researcher to joke: “These mummies have gotten more medical attention now than […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied two companies’ request for an injunction while they challenge part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate in court. In an order filed Dec. 26, Sotomayor ruled that the owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store and the Mardel Christian bookstore chains did not […]
National
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The 2010 lame-duck session of Congress handled a huge workload two years ago, but it may seem like a trifle compared to what’s on the agenda for the 2012 lame-duck session. Foremost on many people’s minds is the impending expiration of several tax cuts and tax breaks – which, when coupled with budget […]
Local
A Mass in thanksgiving for the election of Pope Francis will be held March 19 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, at 12:10 p.m. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass, which […]
National
DENNIS SADOWSKI Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – Ishmeal Alfred Charles will always remember the day the helicopters saved his life. It was sometime in 1998, in the midst of Sierra Leone’s civil war, and Charles, then 15, was standing in line with a group of 10 teenagers, facing mutilation at the hands of a savage […]
