WASHINGTON (CNS) – Couples seeking a marriage annulment in Cleveland no longer have to pay a fee for the service.
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Group Backs Married Priests for Orthodox
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation voted in early June to encourage the “lifting of the restrictions regarding the ordination of married men to the priesthood in the Eastern Catholic Churches of North America.”
Fortnight Links Freedom To Church Service to Poor
WASHINGTON (CNS) – For Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, the third annual Fortnight for Freedom is an opportunity to consider the link between religious liberty and service to the poor.
Judge Can’t Stop Church Teaching on Marriage
MADISON, Wis. (CNS) – Marriage is – “and can only ever be” – a relationship “solely between one man and one woman, regardless of the decision of a judge or any vote,” said Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison.
Detroit Polls Parishioners
DETROIT (CNS) – Parishioners generally like their parish and their pastor and for the most part think the Archdiocese of Detroit is fulfilling its mission but could be doing more in a few key areas, according to the results of a widely distributed survey.
Pope Not Always Comfortable with Charismatics
ROME (CNS) – Meeting more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics in Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Pope Francis admitted he was not always comfortable with the way they prayed, but he knelt onstage as they prayed for him and over him by singing and speaking in tongues.
Jesuit Kidnapped in Afghanistan
ROME (CNS) – A Jesuit priest from India was kidnapped June 2 as he was leaving a school serving children who were recently returned to Afghanistan after living as refugees in Iran or Pakistan.
Two Priests and a Nun Are Freed in Cameroon
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – From Cameroon to northern Italy and from Montreal to the Vatican, statements expressing “great joy” accompanied the news that a Canadian sister of Notre-Dame and two Italian missionary priests were released unharmed almost two months after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon.
In Holy Land, Pope Reaches Out to All
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Manger Square in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25.
Pope’s Most Authentic Gestures
Pope said that when he prayed at the controversial Israeli-built separation wall in the West Bank and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors, they were the “most authentic gestures” because they are the ones “you don’t think about … mine were not planned gestures, it just occurs to me to do something spontaneously that way.”