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Around the nation
Military archbishop reflects on challenges, rewards of wartime service
By Melanie Spencer Posted: 9/1/2010
HOUSTON (CNS) -- Although the word "veterans" might conjure up visions of those close to or at retirement, veterans today are just as likely to be young people left injured physically or emotionally by war, says Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services.
New Yorkers protest refusal to light building to honor Mother Teresa
By Beth Griffin Posted: 8/30/2010
NEW YORK (CNS) -- More than 1,000 people dressed in blue and white filled a cordoned traffic lane across from the Empire State Building Aug. 26 to protest the decision of the building's owner to deny a request to illuminate the upper floors in honor of the 100th birthday of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
New 'social contract' needed in 21st-century economy, bishop says
By Mark Pattison Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A new "social contract" is needed in today's economy, said Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., in the U.S. bishops' annual Labor Day statement.
Use of new Roman Missal to begin in US at Advent 2011
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholics in the United States will begin using the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent in 2011, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said Aug. 20.
Impact of Mother Teresa's work, prayer still felt 13 years after death
By Carol Zimmermann Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Thirteen years after her death, the impact of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta's work and prayer is still felt around the world.
Colorado artist created image of Mother Teresa used for postage stamp
By Veronica Ambuul Posted: 8/27/2010
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- The commemorative stamp of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta being issued by the U.S. Postal Service bears a Colorado Springs postmark, so to speak.
New York mosque controversy echoes anti-Catholicism of another era
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The controversy over plans to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque a couple of blocks away from ground zero in New York is but the latest manifestation of a historic cycle of distrust of immigrants -- and their faith.
Book examines stories behind secular news reporting on abuse crisis
By Julie Asher Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Greg Erlandson decided to write a book on the clergy sex abuse crisis because the secular media kept raising questions about Pope Benedict XVI's handling of cases in their coverage of a new wave of clergy sex abuse in dioceses around the world.
'God Squad' logo may change, but priest's mission remains the same
By Amy E. Rewolinski Posted: 8/27/2010
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (CNS) -- Two years ago, Father Luke Strand, then a deacon in his last year of studies to become a priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese, came into the spotlight for his unusual looking car.
Ruling on embryonic stem-cell funding called 'victory for common sense'
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo praised a federal judge's recent ruling that temporarily stopped federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, but the U.S. Department of Justice said it would appeal the decision.
Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Posted: 8/27/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A federal judge ruled Aug. 23 that the Obama administration's guidelines for funding embryonic stem-cell research violate federal law and stopped such funding while a lawsuit against it continues.
Alaska's Catholics played key role in passage of parental notice law
By Patricia Coll Freeman Posted: 8/26/2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) -- Alaskans passed a ballot initiative Aug. 24 that requires abortionists to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor girl in Alaska.
In city turned violent, missionaries found support in their neighbors
By Terry McGuire Posted: 8/25/2010
SEATTLE (CNS) -- Arriving with their children in Ciudad Juarez at the beginning of 2007, Maryknoll lay missioners Jim and Karen Halberg Weaver knew the Mexican border city had a history of violence.
New poll says religion losing influence on American life, government
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/24/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A new Pew Research Center poll on religion and public life showed that two-thirds of Americans think religion is losing its influence on American life.
Cardinal urges House to support permanent ban on federal abortion funds
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/24/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support proposed legislation that would permanently forbid federal funding of abortion.
LCWR members urged to maintain 'hope in the midst of darkness'
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/20/2010
DALLAS (CNS) -- Contrasting events of the last year that have both spotlighted the accomplishments of women religious and focused broad attention on challenges facing the Catholic Church, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious urged the organization to maintain hope that the Gospel will guide members to articulate their mission with "inclusive love."
Cleveland bishop seeks meeting with breakaway Catholic community
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 8/20/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland is seeking to meet with leaders of a breakaway Catholic community and the priest who celebrated Mass Aug. 15 outside of a sanctioned church after their former parish was closed.
Appeals court grants stay on same-sex marriages in California
By Mark Pattison Posted: 8/20/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Aug. 16 decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to prevent the state of California from conducting same-sex marriages while an appeal is under way drew cheers from same-sex marriage opponents.
US Dominican province welcomes its biggest class of novices in decades
By Adeshina Emmanuel Posted: 8/18/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Statistics show a drastic fall in the number of people entering religious life since the 1960s, yet during ceremonies Aug. 7, the Dominican Province of St. Joseph formally accepted 21 men as novices -- the province's largest novitiate class since 1966.
FDA approves drug its opponents say is known to cause abortion
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/17/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve a drug labeled as an emergency contraceptive is a "dangerous step toward erasing any meaningful distinction between contraception and abortion," said the U.S. bishops' pro-life spokeswoman.
Knights pass resolutions in support of building pro-life culture
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/13/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Knights of Columbus renewed the fraternal organization's support for traditional marriage, religious liberty and the culture of life in a series of resolutions approved during the final business session of the organization's Aug. 3-5 convention in Washington.
Vatican welcomes US plaintiffs' decision to end abuse lawsuit
By Carol Glatz Posted: 8/13/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While underlining its condemnation of "the horror" of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, the Vatican welcomed as "good news" the imminent end of a lawsuit against the Holy See in a U.S. court.
Cuba's Cardinal Ortega receives highest award of Knights of Columbus
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/13/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Receiving the Knights of Columbus' highest award, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of Havana heralded recent "unprecedented" progress in church-state relations and "a new situation of social appreciation" for Catholics in the communist nation.
Knights to supply prosthetics to Haitian children injured in earthquake
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/13/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The estimated 800 Haitian children who lost an arm or a leg because of the country's violent earthquake Jan. 12 will get prosthetic limbs and therapy courtesy of the Knights of Columbus.
Religious figures among those immortalized in Washington's statuary
By Jessica Pall Posted: 8/13/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Washington imparts the feel of a beautiful old European city with its broad avenues and circular intersections, but its classic buildings, monuments and memorials are infused with the spirit of independence and liberty of a young nation.
Actress Patricia Neal dies; she overcame strokes, family adversity
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/11/2010
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (CNS) -- Actress Patricia Neal, who won an Oscar for best actress for her starring role as a housekeeper opposite Paul Newman in the 1963 film "Hud," died Aug. 8 of lung cancer. She was 84.
Cardinal Newman seen not just as scholar, but also man of deep holiness
By C.T. Maier Posted: 8/11/2010
PITTSBURGH (CNS) -- As a young student at the London Oratory School, John McAleer would study next to a shelf of Cardinal John Henry Newman's books, but until he reached college, "Newman" was just a name and a statue in his school.
Cardinal Rigali affirms importance of theology of the body
By Genevieve PollockPosted: 8/6/2010
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Zenit) -- A growing number of people, including Cardinal Justin Rigali, are affirming the importance of the theology of the body, as evidenced by a national congress that concluded July 30.
Financial reform provides benchmarks for a just and stable economy
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 8/6/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Now that financial reform legislation has been signed into law, the focus is shifting to ensure that the legislation works as intended.
Under a microscope over immigration law: Arizona's sense of siege
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 8/6/2010
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (CNS) -- In the weeks leading up to the scheduled enactment of Arizona's much-debated immigration law July 29, everyday activities and conversations conveyed a sense of a state under siege, particularly in Douglas, a town of 20,000 people on the Mexican border.
Archbishop Wuerl urges Knights to be 'champions of new evangelization'
By Richard Szczepanowski Posted: 8/6/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Knights of Columbus are called to evangelize, to be charitable and to serve as instruments of God's love, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said Aug. 3 at a Mass opening the Catholic fraternal organization's 128th annual supreme convention.
Catholic professor reinstated by University of Illinois for fall term
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 8/6/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Catholic professor barred from teaching courses on Catholicism after he defended in class the church's teaching on homosexual behavior has been reinstated by the University of Illinois.
California pro-life pregnancy centers fight moves to regulate speech
By Valerie Schmalz Posted: 8/6/2010
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- Pro-life groups are expressing concern about calls by NARAL Pro-Choice California for state legislation requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post signs announcing they do not refer clients for abortion or birth control.
Catholic leaders decry California judge's decision on same-sex marriage
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 8/5/2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Saying that marriage between a man and a woman "is the bedrock of any society," Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, denounced the Aug. 4 decision of a federal judge to overturn a California voter-backed initiative that essentially banned same-sex marriage.
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