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Most Catholics aren’t searching for spirituality online, study says
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. The most widely used communication tool in Catholic Church is the parish bulletin, followed by a […]
The economic and moral dimensions in debt-ceiling debate
Economics professors from Villanova and other universities consider one of the biggest economic decisions the United States has ever faced: Do we increase the national debt ceiling, or allow the federal government's borrowing power to run out Oct. 17? And what are the moral implications of either choice?
Pope meets Rome Jews, commemorates deportations to Auschwitz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At a meeting with members of Rome's Jewish community, Pope Francis denounced anti-Semitism and recalled the 1943 deportation of more than 1,000 of the city's Jews to the most notorious Nazi death camp -- an incident that has proven a major source of tension between the papacy and Jewish leaders. Of the more than 1,000 people sent to Auschwitz by the German occupiers on Oct. 16, 1943, just 16 eventually returned.
Pope declares medieval mystic a saint, without second miracle
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of seven men and women, including a Canadian and an English founder of two religious orders for women. He also declared the Italian medieval mystic, Blessed Angela of Foligno, a saint, foregoing the usual process of canonization and without formally recognizing a second miracle.
New California laws mean big jump in number of abortions, says bishop
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) -- New California laws allowing non-physicians to perform abortions and repealing some building regulations that govern abortion clinics "dramatically increase the availability of abortion" in the state, said the president of the California Catholic Conference.
Ambassador, priest pay tribute to Jesuits who perished in Holocaust
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) — Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See joined Oblate Father Thomas B. Curran, president of Jesuit-run Rockhurst University in Kansas City, in laying a wreath Oct. 9 at a plaque on campus that pays tribute to the more than 150 Jesuits who died at the hands of the Nazis. “It is […]
Pope meets Rome Jews, commemorates deportations to Auschwitz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At a meeting with members of Rome’s Jewish community, Pope Francis denounced anti-Semitism and recalled the 1943 deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the most notorious Nazi death camp — an incident that has proven a major source of tension between the papacy and Jewish leaders. “It’s […]
Pope declares medieval mystic a saint, advances seven other causes
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of seven men and women, including a Canadian and an English founder of two religious orders for women. He also declared the Italian medieval mystic, Blessed Angela of Foligno, a saint, foregoing the usual process of canonization and without formally recognizing a second miracle. Pope […]
Civilian chaplains now returning to ministry despite federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Civilian Catholic chaplains, unable to perform religious duties at U.S. military bases during the first weekend of the federal government shutdown, were getting back on the job as the shutdown continued into its second week. “We’re now being told priests can return to work,” said John Schlageter, general counsel for the Archdiocese […]
Immigration reform focus of prayer vigils in Virginia, Rhode Island
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (CNS) — As Catholics in more than 150 cities rallied and prayed for Congress to restructure the country’s immigration laws, parishioners at a northern Virginia parish asked God to “grant the miracle of reform” at a bilingual prayer vigil. Members and guests of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Falls Church Oct. […]