By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service, and Catholic Post staff WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics in the United States will begin using the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent in 2011, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said Aug. 20. The cardinal’s announcement as president of the […]
Continue readingUS bishops recognize three as ‘people of life’ HOUSTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities recognized three individuals who have continuously answered the call to respect life. The honors came Aug. 9 during the secretariat’s annual national conference for respect life ministers, this year held in downtown Houston. The USCCB honored Msgr. […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic agencies around the world have collected more than $303 million for Haitian earthquake relief with additional funds continuing to arrive daily. The amount — totaling $303,362,571 as of Aug. 10 — reflects money from special collections sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, the worldwide network of […]
Continue readingBy: By Anto Akkara, Catholic News Service BANGALORE, India (CNS) — Church charities in Pakistan stepped up their efforts Aug. 12 to distribute vitally needed relief supplies to some of the millions of people affected by the worst flood in the South Asian nation’s history. The response gained momentum as Pope Benedict XVI expressed his […]
Continue readingBRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) — Although the Archdiocese of Boston has received official word from the Vatican denying the appeals of nine churches shuttered by the archdiocese in 2004, round-the-clock protests continue at several of the churches. In a July 15 statement, archdiocesan spokesman Terry Donilon said the archdiocese has received Vatican decrees regarding the appeals […]
Continue readingCASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Even when the Catholic Church suffers, “faith creates joy,” Pope Benedict XVI said after previewing a German television film about his first five years in office. The film, “Five Years of Pope Benedict XVI,” was produced by the Bavarian network Bayerischer Rundfunk and is scheduled for a Christmas season broadcast […]
Continue readingLONDON (CNS) — An American who was inexplicably healed from a crippling spinal condition after praying to the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman will read the Gospel and serve as a deacon when Pope Benedict XVI beatifies the cardinal in September. Deacon Jack Sullivan of Marshfield, Mass., told Catholic News Service he was asked […]
Continue readingLONDON (CNS) — The largest Anglo-Catholic group in the Church of England is expecting an exodus of thousands of Anglicans to Catholicism after a decision to ordain women as bishops without sufficient concessions to traditionalists. Stephen Parkinson, director of Forward in Faith — a group that has about 10,000 members, including more than 1,000 clergy […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI will focus on religious freedom’s contribution to peace in his World Peace Day message for 2011, the Vatican said. The theme the pope has chosen for the Jan. 1 celebration is “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace,” the Vatican announced July 13. The Vatican said the pope intends […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — In the fall of 1995, a thin, fast soccer player named Oguchi Onyewu, wearing No. 5 on his red- and black-striped jersey, helped lead St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, Md., to a 4-1 win in the Catholic Youth Organization’s varsity Mid-Atlantic Championship in Washington. His team later won the regional […]
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