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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
April 2, 2018
We are called to go out into our Good Friday world with Easter light and share as much light as we can — until the whole world can see again — and live again, and love again.” The Roman Catholic parish's mission is to be a faith home for African-American Catholics, but all races and ethnic backgroundsÃâà...
WatertownDailyTimes.com
April 2, 2018
OGDENSBURG — The fight against poverty across the region is receiving a financial boost from the Diocese of Ogdensburg. Individual agencies around the north country working to help the less fortunate have until the end of the month to apply for special funding through a Catholic Charities programÃâà...
Arkansas Catholic
April 2, 2018
The rosary did its work in secret and in silence; Our Lady was bringing me towards her Son's Church without my knowing it.” Although Rose found comfort reciting the words of the rosary, he did not make the decision to become a Catholic for another 15 years. He and Rosie had two children, Willow, now 10,Ãâà...
Aleteia EN
April 2, 2018
Even without Church teaching on the subject, there would still be strong reasons for Catholics to oppose contraception — because we want what's best for the world. As Mary Eberstadt wrote in the Wall Street Journal: “This isn't just a Catholic thing. In severing sex from procreation, humankind set intoÃâà...
The Seattle Times
April 2, 2018
JASPER, Ind. (AP) — Detail work on a stained glass window in St. Joseph Catholic Church is now visible for the first time in decades. Rectangles bordering the image of a saint that were a solid light brown color a year ago now contain bunches of grapes, just as they did when German settlers installed theÃâà...
Catholic Courier
April 2, 2018
The aim is to ensure that a lack of funds does not prevent anyone from learning more about the Catholic faith, DiVincenzo said, noting that the library also may be attractive to non-Catholics who are interested in learning about Catholicism. A few good books recommended by caring and nonjudgmentalÃâà...
Catholic Courier
April 2, 2018
Members of a local delegation to the National Black Catholic Congress XII were so moved by a production they saw during the congress that they plan to bring it to local audiences this spring. “Tolton: From Slave to Priest” is a live, one-man drama that tells the story of Father Augustus Tolton, the first U.S.Ãâà...
Catholic News Agency
April 2, 2018
Washington D.C., Apr 2, 2018 / 04:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A federal judge ruled in favor of the Catholic Benefits Association last week, issuing a permanent injunction and declaratory relief against the Department of Health and Human Services' contraception mandate.This means that organizations belonging to theÃâà...
The Transylvania Times
April 2, 2018
I hope every Catholic in Transylvania County has a chance to read Cardinal Timothy Dolan's opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal of March 23. It is titled “The Democrats Abandon Catholics.” He describes how Democrats have basically abandoned Catholics and banned pro-life candidates from the partyÃâà...
Catholic Courier
April 2, 2018
Assisted suicide is legal in a handful of states and in Washington, D.C., and it is under consideration in New York state, Smith told the Catholic Courier during a March 13 phone interview. “Conferences like these help alert people,” he said. “Probably Catholics, and other people in the pro-life movement,Ãâà...
Catholic Courier
April 2, 2018
Diocesan staff also led listening sessions at six parishes and facilitated small-group discussions with young Catholics and those who work with them. In September, the feedback garnered through these efforts was compiled into a report that was submitted to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which was, in turn,Ãâà...
WCAX
March 26, 2018
In a Latin mass, the priest does not face the congregation like in a typical Catholic service. "It's not a question of the priest has turned his back to the people. But rather, the priest is leading the people in worship...The mass is focused, not on the priest and not on the people, but on God," Father O'DonnellÃâà...
Pittsburgh Catholic
March 26, 2018
Sean Hannon didn't know what to expect when he attended his first Catholic Men's Fellowship Gathering in 2014. But what he found broke down the stereotype of a shrinking church in which men keep their faith to themselves and don't take it into their families and workplaces. They were passionate aboutÃâà...
New Zealand Herald
March 26, 2018
The Catholic Church has written to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asking for religious organisations to be included in a Royal Commission looking into abuse in state care. The New Zealand Catholic Bishops and representation from Catholic religious orders wrote to Ardern, Minister for Children TraceyÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
March 26, 2018
The young Catholics joined the tens of thousands of students from across the country who participated on March 24 in a massive demonstration along Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue, the main road that connects the White House to the U.S. Capitol, where both houses of Congress meet - the institutionsÃâà...
cleveland.com
March 26, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lucia Greene, 3, of Sheffield Village, playfully waved her palm frond around her sister's head as parishioners listened to Gregorian music from the pipe organ, reverently echoing inside St. Stephen Catholic Church on Sunday. Worshippers celebrated Palm Sunday, kicking off HolyÃâà...
Pueblo Chieftain
March 25, 2018
At the age of 47, Tafoya was ordained the third bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Pueblo on Sept. 10, 1980, by Archbishop James Casey, of Denver, assisted by Archbishop Robert Sanchez, of Santa Fe, and Buswell. The ceremony was at Massari Gymnasium on the Belmont Campus of the then-UniversityÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 25, 2018
The 300 young people who attended the conference were mostly selected by their national bishops' conferences, universities or church movements. A handful of non-Catholics and non-Christians, as well as some atheists, also participated, and those views were incorporated into the final document.
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
March 24, 2018
“It was heartbreaking, not knowing when I was going to see my father again,” said Garcia in a March 22 telephone interview with Catholic News Service. With just a year to finish medical school in Chicago, Garcia faces a predicament of her own since she, too, is facing an uncertain future as a beneficiary ofÃâà...
Arkansas Catholic
March 24, 2018
Diane Bausom stands in the spiritual direction room at St. Joseph Church in Conway, beside a boat picture that helped confirm becoming a spiritual director was the right path for her. Why you want to know Diane Bausom: Diane has served on the St. Joseph Parish Council in the past, participated inÃâà...
WLS-TV
March 24, 2018
Fr. Wall is just back from a trip to Puerto Rico to participate in the massive recovery effort Catholic Extension is leading on the island. In the six months since the storm, he says they've sent more than a million dollars in emergency recovery grants and have teams on the ground helping out at places acrossÃâà...
Buffalo News
March 24, 2018
Confused, disappointed and angry but still believing: Catholics struggle to cope. By Barbara O'Brien ... 27 when he stood outside the headquarters of the Buffalo Catholic Diocese and spoke publicly for the first time about being sexually abused by a priest when he was 14. Later that day, the Rev. Norbert F.
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
March 24, 2018
The announcement was met with universal joy amongst Irish Catholics. Even if the country is no longer as instinctively devout as in past generations, a visit from a pope is still a big deal in a land where 78 percent of people still choose to self-identify as Catholic. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar - an openly-gayÃâà...
The Guardian
March 24, 2018
Ironically, the term “grotesque” can be more accurately applied to a bitter and vile band of ultramontane Scottish Catholics who have been permitted to roam the country, spreading fear and hatred within the Catholic church. These haters barely deserve to be called human, such is their contempt for thoseÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 23, 2018
Roughly 24 percent of Protestants and 11 percent of Catholics said no, according to newspaper Tagesspiegel. These surveys clearly point to a German society in which many people do not equate Christian identity with doctrinal belief. This, in turn, raises the question of the extent to which the Catholic andÃâà...
Catholic Herald Online
March 23, 2018
She also differs from Merkel in being Catholic. Indeed, AKK is known for a serious approach to her faith, and is currently a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics, the country's leading lay association. She also brings her faith into her politics, leaning to the left on economics – which puts herÃâà...
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
March 23, 2018
In an op-ed that appeared in Friday's Wall Street Journal, Dolan said many Catholics once allied themselves with the party for its protection of the marginalized, but he argued that is no longer the case. Dolan is currently the head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-LifeÃâà...
America Magazine
March 6, 2018
One of my oldest friends is a gay man named Mark, who was once a member of a Catholic religious order. About 20 years ago, after Mark left the order, he came out as a gay man and began living with his partner, with whom he is now legally married. His partner has a serious, long-term illness, and MarkÃâà...
Catholic San Francisco
March 6, 2018
The name is “a euphemism for Catholics who admit they don't know everything” and want to deepen their understanding of the faith, Father Evernden said. That includes Catholics whose faith formation, practice, or both, may be many years in the past. Those with little to no Catholic religious education areÃâà...
Irish Times
March 6, 2018
Words of welcome from a bishop for gay people raising children and people in second marriages have been removed from a video promoting the World Meeting of Families 2018. The meeting takes place in Dublin in August and will probably include a visit by Pope Francis. In the video,entitled ParishÃâà...
CBS News
March 6, 2018
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The most senior Catholic Church leader to be charged with sexual abuse came close to confronting his accusers on Monday in a video-linked Australian court hearing to test the strength of the prosecution's case. Cardinal George Pell's alleged victims began testifying in theÃâà...
HuffPost
March 6, 2018
Cardinal Cresenzio Sepe of Naples announced Thursday that he is forwarding a list compiled by male escort Francesco Mangiacapra to Vatican authorities. Mangiacapra's dossier reportedly contains WhatsApp texts and photos that offer evidence that Catholic clergy members were interested in gay sex.
National Catholic Register (blog)
March 5, 2018
As we prepare to herald the resurrection of Our Lord, we also prepare to celebrate the spiritual resurrection of converts into their newfound Catholic faith. Converts are an interesting group. They're sometimes even the source of envy among “cradle Catholics” (Catholics baptized as babies). Like infantsÃâà...
Knoxville News Sentinel
March 5, 2018
More than 1,000 East Tennessee Catholics filled their new Knoxville cathedral Saturday, dedicating the house of worship with reverence, gratefulness and a certain amount of awe. The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a 28,000-square-foot, $30.8 million building atop a hill overlooking WestÃâà...
The Guardian
March 5, 2018
“Powerful vested interests” within the Catholic church are being challenged at a conference in Rome on International Women's Day as calls grow for women to be given positions of authority and influence in the church. In a sign that a new assertive mood around women's rights has reached the Vatican, theÃâà...
AZCentral.com
March 5, 2018
SEE ALSO: Thousands of Catholics honor Our Lady of Guadalupe at Phoenix celebration. Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, wants the feast day to encourage a loving and tender spirit among Catholic leaders and followers. play. CLOSE. Here are the current steps to becoming a saintÃâà...
YourErie
March 3, 2018
The Fifth Annual Erie Catholic Men's Conference was held today at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Erie. The non-profit group "2232 MEN" presented the conference and had multiple priests from around the region speak to the group about faith, family and more. "It's a great opportunity as Catholics toÃâà...
Catholic Herald Online
March 3, 2018
The number of Catholic weddings in England and Wales has fallen dramatically in the last 25 years, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). In 2015, the most recent year for which statistics have been recorded, there were 7,001 Catholic weddings, according to the Daily MailÃâà...
Independent.ie
March 3, 2018
The Archdiocese of Dublin has said there is no obligation for people to attend Sunday mass if weather conditions are still poor tomorrow. In a statement issued this morning it said: "Where weather conditions make it unsafe or where road conditions make it dangerous, imprudent or difficult, there is noÃâà...
Religion News Service
March 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Dozens of nuns, priests and lay people were arrested in the Capitol Rotunda as part of a Catholic-led effort to persuade lawmakers to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children. Those arrested were part of a group of at least 200 CatholicÃâà...
Aleteia EN
March 3, 2018
YouTube/Vimeo: As most Catholics are probably aware, there's more to YouTube and its classier cousin Vimeo than just fail memes and cat videos. A simple search for “Catholic” on YouTube alone returns over 4.5 million results. Given the cornucopia of material available, specific recommendations forÃâà...
Catholic Herald Online (blog)
March 3, 2018
And so we must approach the Peterson phenomenon with care, recognising that some – and perhaps a great deal – of what is attracting millions of largely young male viewers to him is not laudable and should not be thoughtlessly applauded by Catholics. Strident denunciations of feminism and anti-racismÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 3, 2018
They are the growing numbers of young Catholics leaving the church — the focus of a new national study to examine why they're departing and where they're landing. It's an issue that worries church leaders across the country. “Leaving the [Catholic] church crosses all age groups, but the fastest growingÃâà...
Religion News Service
March 2, 2018
Larry Nassar sits during his sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Lansing, Mich. The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: "I just signed your death warrant.
Columbia Daily Tribune
March 2, 2018
The president of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia said Wednesday he will retire at the end of the school year in order to assist his aging parents in the St. Louis area. Bernard A. Naumann Jr. has served as president of Tolton Catholic since July 2016 and his last day will be June 30, theÃâà...
Stowe Today
March 2, 2018
Fasting, abstinence from meat on Fridays, almsgiving and prayer are Catholic traditions during Lent. Praying the Stations of the Cross is another special way to observe Lent. Our 14 Stations are dramatic oil paintings by French artist Andre Girard, placed here in 1950. Monsignor Routhier will lead theÃâà...
RFI
March 2, 2018
Local mayor Patrick Le Diffon's solution was to sell the statue, which looms 7.5 metres (25 feet) tall over the car park, to the Catholic Church for 20,000 euros . It will be moved a few dozen metres down the street onto a piece of Church-owned land next to a Catholic school, where it will still be visible to theÃâà...
Catholic News Agency
March 2, 2018
A married Catholic priest in the Indianapolis archdiocese faces several criminal domestic violence charges after he allegedly assaulted his wife in September 2017. The priest serves the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, a special church jurisdiction set up for Anglicans who wished to enterÃâà...
The Catholic Spirit
March 2, 2018
Minnesota FoodShare is a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, which includes Catholic parishes among its supporting institutions. As a “food and fund drive,” the March Campaign aims to help churches and communities stock the state's nearly 300 food shelves. Deacon Jim MarschallÃâà...
America Magazine
March 2, 2018
While at least one the nominees for Best Picture has an obvious Catholic angle, the other nominees touch on themes that will resonate with Catholics and other believers: love, reconciliation, brokenness and our human longing to be known. But whether you find these themes compelling or just appreciateÃâà...
