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By George P. Matysek Jr.
TOWSON, Md. — Father Jeffrey Dauses thought for sure someone had shot at his car. Driving along Putty Hill Avenue in the Baltimore suburb of Towson Feb. 17 on a shopping run, the pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Baynesville heard a loud crash and saw pieces of a side-view mirror fly up […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, presented his credentials to Pope Francis April 7. He also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Vatican Media images from the meeting showed Yurash presenting the pope with several gifts, including a traditional Ukrainian decorated round loaf of bread and a […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has asked several families to write the prayers and meditations for his Stations of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum on Good Friday. The request comes during the year Pope Francis asked Catholics to dedicate to families and to a rereading of “Amoris Laetitia,” his exhortation on the family, which […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Two members of a group called Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising said April 5 that five fetuses taken by the police a week earlier from the Capitol Hill residence of one of the activists were “proof of illegal abortions” being performed at a Washington abortion clinic. Activists Lauren Handy, 28, and Terrisa Bukovinac, 41, made […]
Schools
By Marlene Brasco
“In a crowd of thousands, I’d find you again.” In a crowd of thousands, Bishop Ireton High School students in “Anastasia” stood out for conveying the theme that self-discovery can light a pathway of hope in a world fraught with tragedy. Based on the murders of the Romanov family during the Bolshevik Revolution, “Anastasia” told […]
National
By Katie Peterson
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “She’s like my little sister,” Renee Hopper said of Judy, a Goldador dog, as they sat in the lobby of Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. It’s there where Judy, along with her handler Tammy Algood, came to visit Hopper last September while being treated for a blood clot after suffering […]
Arts
Movies
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — Catholic actor Mark Wahlberg, who plays the title role in the upcoming movie “Father Stu,” said the real-life Montana priest is “having me continuing to carry on his message.” “Father Stu,” in theaters April 13, tells the story of Father Stuart Long, a priest who had been ordained for only four years before […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — U.S. President Joe Biden minced no words calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher” who should no longer be in power. No matter how much one reporter pressed Pope Francis on the plane to Rome from Malta, asking, “What would be your message to Putin?” “What would you say to him?” the […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Smaller countries like Malta are called to set an example of true freedom in a world that can seem overwhelmed by powerful nations that seek to extend their own economic, military or ideological interests, Pope Francis said. Reflecting on his recent visit to the Mediterranean archipelago during his weekly general audience April […]
The contrasts in Palm Sunday