by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Father Caesar Atuire is not naive enough to ask his pilgrims to leave their smartphones at home. However, the CEO of a Vatican-related pilgrimage agency does ask his pilgrims to at least look at the holy sites — perhaps even say a prayer — before clicking and capturing […]
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Cardinal Offers Prayers At Both Conventions
NEW YORK (CNS) — New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is scheduled to offer closing prayers at both the Republican and Democratic national conventions in the coming days. Cardinal Dolan, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, accepted an invitation from the Democratic convention organizers to deliver the benediction on the last night […]
In Need of Redemption
Let’s see. So Cardinal Dolan decides to go to the Al Smith dinner and sit with invitees Messrs. Obama and Romney. He is condemned, mostly from the right, for compromising the credibility of what he preaches by being at table with his most prominent adversary. He also accepts an invitation to pray at the Republican […]
The Tablet’s Back-to-School Supplement
Here is a listing of the stories/content in The Tablet’s special back-to-school supplement, which appeared in the Aug. 25 issue. Click on the title link to read the story: Catholic Schools Raise the Standards by Dr. Thomas Chadzutko Dr. Chadzutko explains the importance of a Catholic school education within the Diocese of Brooklyn. […]
Quilting Love and Comfort for 20 Years
by Marie Elena Giossi By day, Maureen Walsh is a polished professional running a Rockaway-based real estate agency. By night – at least Wednesday nights – this mother of four gathers with friends and fellow parishioners at St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, to make quilts for newborns in need. This summer, Walsh and […]
Final Tributes to Life March Founder
by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, has died at age 86. She was found dead in her home Aug. 13 in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood by a March for Life staffer, Gene Ruane, who said the […]
Papal Trip to Lebanon Is Mission of Peace
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI will present a papal document addressing the Church’s concerns in the Middle East, meet with representatives of local Christian and Muslim communities and address political and cultural leaders on a three-day visit to Lebanon Sept. 14-16. Pope Benedict’s primary task on the trip will […]
Chicago Cardinal Faces Recurrence of Cancer
CHICAGO (CNS) – Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago will work with his doctors to determine a course of treatment after test results showed cancerous cells in his kidney and in a nodule removed from his liver. The archdiocese made the announcement Aug. 17. The cardinal received the results after undergoing a procedure Aug. 15 […]
Bishop: Nigeria Needs International Help
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The president of the Nigerian bishops’ conference called for the international community to help his country improve its security operations to stop the “fundamentalist, fanatic” Boko Haram terrorist group. The day after a Catholic church, an elementary school and a police station in Damagun were attacked, presumably by Boko Haram members, […]
Archbishop: Syrians Stunned And Saddened about Future
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – People in Syria are “stunned and deeply saddened and worried for the future,” said Archbishop Mario Zenari, the Vatican nuncio to Syria. In an interview with Vatican Radio Aug. 21, the nuncio said the previous day’s withdrawal of U.N. forces was “a sad blow. Three or four months […]