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Half of Hispanics favor legalizing same-sex marriage, study finds
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- More than 50 percent of Hispanics now favor legalizing same-sex marriage, marking nearly a statistical flip-flop in the six years since the Pew Hispanic Center first began asking that question. However, majorities of those who attend religious services most regularly continue to oppose such marriages.
Charter school enrollment surpasses Catholic schools
WASHINGTON (CNS) — For the first time, more children are enrolled in charter schools than in Catholic schools, reported the Lexington Institute, a think tank in Arlington, Va., that focuses on the role of federal government in education reform, tax reform and national security. “Our clients are going elsewhere; we have to do something different […]
Bl. John Paul II added to liturgical calendar starting Oct. 22, 2013
Blessed John Paul II will be included in liturgies as an optional memorial in the proper calendar of the dioceses of the United States, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Oct. 19. The U.S. bishops last November voted overwhelmingly to request the addition of the popular pope, who reigned for 27 years, into the U.S. […]
Native Americans feel ‘pulled up’ by Blessed Kateri becoming a saint
LA CROSSE, Wis. (CNS) — Since 1997, Eleanor St. John has lived for the day when one of her greatest heroes would be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church — Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. That year St. John attended her first Tekakwitha Conference, named for the young maiden known as the “Lily of the […]
Kateri and Jake: American Indians are joined in sainthood cause
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jake Finkbonner knows what it’s like to have kids tease him because of the way he looks, but one of his heroes also grew up being teased. The 12-year-old boy said Kateri Tekakwitha, who was to become an official saint Oct. 21, was “an inspiration because I remember reading that many […]
People need to believe in miracles, says woman cured of infection
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Though she had always believed in miracles, Sharon Smith never dreamed she would be the recipient of one. Her unexplained recovery from a near fatal infection in 2005 was the second miracle that cleared the way for the Oct. 21 canonization of Blessed Marianne Cope. Smith will present Pope Benedict XVI […]
NDS cooks up a celebration for school lunch week at St. Cecilia School
Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia celebrates National School Lunch Week with a special day at one of its newest school partner sites, Saint Cecilia in the city's Fox Chase section.
In Catholic League football, Ryan beats Judge, 32-31, in OT
Arcbhbishop Ryan football team, coached by Frank McArdle, beat Father Judge,coached by Tom Coyle, 32-31 in a nail-biting overtime game on Saturday October 13, 2012 at Northeast High School. Ryan’s record stands at 4-3. They will face Lansdale Catholic this Saturday, October 20 for a non-league game at Washington High School. Father Judge’s record stands at 2-4. On Saturday October 20 they will host St. Joseph’s Prep (6-0) at Northeast High School in a Philadelphia Catholic AAA game.
The mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit
Oct. 18 The One whom the Father has sent into our hearts, the Spirit of his Son, is truly God. Consubstantial with the Father and the Son, the Spirit is inseparable from them, in both the inner life of the Trinity and his gift of love for the world. In adoring the Holy Trinity, life-giving, consubstantial, […]
Sister Mary Joanne McKelvey, I.H.M.
Sister Mary Joanne, I.H.M., formerly Mary Ann McKelvey, died in Camilla Hall, Immaculata Oct. 8 in the 65th year of her religious life. She was 93. Born in Holtwood, Pa., Sister Mary Joanne entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1947 from St. Catherine of Siena Parish in […]