by Carol Zimmerman, WASHINGTON (CNS) – Mormons in the United States might be getting more attention these days, but they have mixed views on what this attention means. According to a new Pew Forum poll, most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints feel that Americans don’t know enough about their […]
Month: January 2012
Vatican Museums Top 5 Million in Attendance
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In 2011, for the first time, the number of visitors to the Vatican Museums topped five million. Antonio Paolucci, director of the museums, said breaking the five-million threshold poses serious problems as well as challenges in the areas of access and education. “Five million visitors means 10 million hands that touch […]
‘Croc’ to Make Cuban Trip
A member of Rome’s Biopark zoo shows Pope Benedict XVI a rare young Cuban crocodile during the pope’s weekly audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Jan. 11. The crocodile is set to be introduced to its natural habitat in Cuba during the pope’s trip in March.
Vatican Recommends Year of Faith Activities
by Carol Glatz, VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In an effort to help Catholics have a better and correct understanding of their faith and become authentic witnesses to Christ, the Vatican issued a list of pastoral recommendations for celebrating the upcoming Year of Faith. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a “note” Jan. […]
Religious Leaders Object To Same-Sex Marriage
by Mark Pattison, WASHINGTON (CNS) – A letter signed by more than three dozen U.S. religious leaders objects to the specter of religious groups being forced to treat same-sex unions “as if they were marriage.” “Altering the civil definition of ‘marriage’ does not change one law, but hundreds, even thousands, at once,” said the letter, […]
Court Backs Church Hiring Practice
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The direction the courts will take with other cases related to religious employment is far from clear, but the Supreme Court’s Jan. 11 ruling opens a whole track of possibilities. The decision in Hosanna-Tabor vs. EEOC held that fired teacher Cheryl Perich could not sue under federal disability discrimination laws, because the […]
Homeless Experience in Springfield Gardens
by Cara Bloncourt Staff members and students from Martin de Porres school, Springfield Gardens, and youth group leaders of St. Mary Magdalene Church’s Growing In Faith Together (G.I.F.T.) Program, gathered together to experience a night of being homeless. In total, 22 participants spent 16 hours outdoors without food and shelter. Throughout the night, they participated […]
Youth Views: Why do you sacrifice your time to volunteer?
Obituaries
Sister Mary Josephine Gorman, O.S.U., who entered the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk in 1933 and professed her final vows eight years later, died Jan. 2 at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, L.I. She was 94. Born in Manhattan, she attended Manhattan College. She ministered for many years as a teacher. Among her assignments were […]
Tablet TALK
City Council Honors for Aquinas Crew Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Christmas caroling in America, the Aquinas Honor Society students from Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, recently sang carols and were honored by the N.Y. City Council for writing Jacob’s Gift, a book about how Jacob Riis brought the Christmas caroling tradition from […]