Royal wedding fever has caught on in many places, but it has a particular soft spot at Immaculate Heart Middle School and High School outside Los Angeles, the school Meghan Markle attended from seventh to 12th grade.
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Circumstances May Finally Allow for Conversation on ‘Humanae Vitae’
Can one imagine a more difficult year for “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) to be heard than 1968?
Novel Project Strengthens Mother-Daughter Bond
Several years ago, Kathy Schneeman of St. Joseph’s parish in West St. Paul was finding extra time in her life, a bit unusual for a mother of nine, including young twins.
On Mother’s Day, Bishops Remember Their Moms
Just in time for Mother’s Day, a handful of bishops shared memories of their moms on a recent podcast by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Archbishop to Grads: Tell A New Story of America
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, Calif., said Saturday, May 12, that the U.S. is facing a “crisis of identity,” more bitterly divided and anxious than he has ever witnessed, and he called on college graduates “to tell a new story for a new America.”
Brooklyn Newspaper Editor Honored For Telling Story of ‘a Church that is alive’
One of the nation’s longest serving diocesan newspaper editors was honored on Wednesday for his commitment to what Pope Francis has termed a “journalism for peace.”
Newark Cardinal Leads March for Immigrants
Cardinal Joseph Tobin lead a “Jericho Walk” in solidarity with immigrants’ silent prayers while walking around Federal headquarters in Newark, N.J. The walk is inspired by the battle of Jericho when a community’s faith was able to bring down the walls of the fortified city.
Nephew Is Believed to Have Killed Nun
Sister Angela Miller, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is believed to have been murdered by her nephew on or before he set fire April 28 to the nun’s home in West Scranton, Pa., authorities said.
Cardinal Dolan Evangelizes Culture at Met Gala, One Stereotype At a Time
For the usual red carpet attendees, it was a moment in which they were presented with a lived example of the Church open to the world around it — both via the figure of the cardinal, but also the cooperation of the Vatican in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition on “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
Republican Wants Ryan to Reinstate Fired House Chaplain
Republican Congressman Walter Jones is calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to reinstate Father Patrick Conroy as chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives following revelations last week that Ryan forced Conroy from his post.