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Catholic League Cites Threats to Christianity
In a statement issued by The Catholic League, its president, Bill Donohue, says that militant secularism at home and militant Islam abroad are the two greatest threats to Catholicism today. More Martyrs Today He quotes Pope Francis’ daily Mass homily in which he said, “There are more Christian martyrs today than during the early days […]
Ecumenical Push on Immigration
WASHINGTON (CNS) – In a joint letter to members of Congress, Catholic bishops and evangelical leaders pleaded for “common sense fixes to our immigration policies” by passing legislation this year. Eleven bishops, including Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and half a dozen evangelical leaders, said that as religious leaders, “we live every day with the reality […]
National Catholic Sisters Week
As part of a national effort to highlight and recognize the contribution of women religious, NET-TV will air the documentary, “Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America,” produced by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, on Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m. It will be repeated during the month.
Marriage Doesn’t Need to Be Redefined
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Marriage needs “to be preserved and strengthened, not redefined,” San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Feb. 28 in support of the State Marriage Defense Act of 2014, introduced into the U.S. Senate by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “Every just effort to stand for the unique meaning of marriage is worthy of […]
Synod Responses Show Many Are Suffering in the Church
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The responses to the Vatican questionnaire about Catholics’ family life reflect a great amount of suffering around the world, said the general secretary of the synod. As of Feb. 19, about 80 percent of the world’s bishops’ conferences and 60 percent of the Vatican congregations and councils had turned in formal […]
Court Rules Notre Dame Must Supply Contraceptive Coverage
CHICAGO (CNS) – The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., must provide free coverage of contraceptives as required by the federal health care law despite its moral objections to doing so, said a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling that denied the university an injunction against enforcement of […]
Cardinal O’Brien Expects Fall Synod to Make News
by George P. Matysek Jr. BALTIMORE (CNS) – U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien doesn’t know what will come out of the Synod on the Family set for October, but the former archbishop of Baltimore believes it will be significant. “Hold onto your seats,” Cardinal O’Brien told a gathering of seminarians and faculty at St. Mary’s […]
New Bishop Prays for the Unborn
Bishop-designate Edward Scharfenberger joined Msgr. Philip Reilly and the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants to pray for the unborn at an abortion clinic in Jamaica on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Rosary vigil was preceded by Mass at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Bishop-designate Scharfenberger will be ordained a bishop and installed as the […]
New Orleans Archbishop: Do Not Help Build Abortion Clinic
by Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) – Faced with the looming construction of a multimillion-dollar, regional abortion facility by Planned Parenthood Gulf South, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond has cautioned local Catholics and businesses they would be “cooperating with the evil that will take place” at the clinic if they participated in its […]