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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has appealed for an end to violence in Sudan and a return to dialogue. “I invite everyone to pray for our Sudanese brothers and sisters,” he said after reciting the midday “Regina Coeli” prayer with about 30,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 23. The pope already had expressed […]
National
By Jonah McKeown
Canton, Ohio, was a rough town in the 1920s. The Mafia ran the show, and crime was rampant. Children who grew up there faced a host of challenges almost unimaginable to many in the United States today — challenges that made childhood there far from typical. It was into this environment that Rita Rizzo was […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I’ve been going through my Dad’s stuff. He lived with me for the past two years of his life, so his presence still lingers in literally every corner of my house. It’s been difficult, but cathartic. One of the best parts of this final task has been discovering his notes. For as long as I […]
Global
By Peter Pinedo
The next time you are flying through Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport you can see Jesus at Terminal 1. The renowned Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s famous sculpture Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) is on display at Rome’s airport. Created by Bernini in 1679 and crafted entirely out of marble, Salvator Mundi is a […]
National
By Kevin J. Jones
The U.S. Senate voted April 19 not to overturn a new rule adding abortion to the health benefits of veterans and their dependents, prompting objections from leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, who called the vote “a gross failure.” “Our heroes and their dependents deserve quality health care services instead of policies […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
Unexpectedly, I find myself in Virginia as the Easter season begins. My son required an urgent tonsillectomy, and that put me in the car driving south just as the church celebrated the resurrection. When I left Connecticut, it was dark and damp and cloudy. It felt like I hadn’t seen the sun in months, and […]
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Catholics gathered at the continental level say the Catholic Church must be united, not uniform, and embrace its many forms of expression throughout the world, said members of the synod preparatory commission after a weeklong meeting at the Vatican. “I think one of the most important things we have experienced during these […]
Local
The Asian and Pacific Islander Catholic Network will celebrate its 20th annual Marian pilgrimage May 6 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The pilgrimage, in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, brings together Asian and Pacific Islander Catholic […]
Art
By Nora Hamerman
Two years ago, in an apostolic letter released on the feast of the Annunciation, Pope Francis called the Italian poet Dante Alighieri “a prophet of hope and a witness to the innate yearning for the infinite present in the human heart.” Dante’s crowning work was the “Divine Comedy,” completed shortly before his death on the […]
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