by Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) – New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan called upon his brother bishops to champion the cause of people around the world being persecuted because of their faith even as the bishops continue to prevent what he described as infringements upon religious practice in the U.S. In his final address as […]
by Jay Nies JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The late Vincentian Father Oscar Huber, a native of Perryville in the St. Louis Archdiocese, was a hard-working, dedicated pastor who made many friends throughout his years of faithful ministry. The priest, who died in 1975, is still remembered for all that. And for one other thing. A […]
by Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) – The Supreme Court’s ruling that rendered the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and the Senate’s passage Nov. 7 of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) put the legal defense of marriage “at a critical point in this country,” said the archbishop who heads the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on […]
by Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – Auxiliary Bishop Philip Hannan of Washington, D.C., was a close friend and confidant of President John F. Kennedy, but he had kept that friendship secret. Then he was called upon to deliver the eulogy at the funeral Mass for the country’s first Catholic president, killed by an assassin in […]
by Carol Glatz MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) – The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), joined by the state of Alabama, has filed another lawsuit challenging the federal mandate requiring most employers to provide coverage of contraceptives, sterilizations and some abortion-inducing drugs free of charge. The suit was filed Oct. 28 in the U.S. District Court for […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford, Conn., and named as his successor Bishop Leonard P. Blair of Toledo, Ohio. Archbishop Mansell, who has headed the Hartford Archdiocese since 2003, is 76. Canon law requires bishops to turn in their resignation to the pope at 75. […]
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – A Philadelphia archdiocesan task force appointed to analyze the viability of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary’s college division has unanimously recommended that the division remain open. The panel also called for a strategic plan to be implemented over the next three to five years to provide a vibrant, sustainable house of formation and […]
WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) – Assumption College held a noon prayer service in the school’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit to remember Colleen Ritzer, a 2011 graduate found dead early in the morning on Oct. 23. Assumptionist Father Dennis Gallagher, the college’s vice president for mission, said the time of quiet, prayerful reflection also would be […]
by Chris Donahue MANVILLE, N.J. (CNS) – Some pro-lifers get discouraged that bringing an end to abortion isn’t happening overnight, but the power of prayer is making a difference, said Kevin Dugan, a parish pro-life ministry leader. For years members of Dugan’s parish, Immaculate Conception in Somerville, have been joined by other faith communities in […]
by Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – Most U.S. Catholics are not looking for spirituality online; in fact, half of them are unaware the Church even has an online presence, according to researchers at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA). The most widely used communication tool in the Catholic Church is the […]
