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Even in pandemic, many in El Salvador remember slain U.S. Catholic women
Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar walked, undetected, into the small cemetery. He carried a bouquet of pink crepe flowers for the final resting place of the women mostly known simply as the "hermanas Maryknoll" or Maryknoll sisters.
Catholic leaders decry additional federal execution measures
A move by the Department of Justice to expand how it carries out federal death sentences – to include electrocution, gas or firing squads along with lethal injections –was sharply criticized by Catholic anti-death penalty activists.
Italian bishops say 'midnight Mass' must end before 10 p.m. curfew
As rumblings and grumblings grew in the press and on social media, the permanent council of the Italian bishops' conference met to discuss the problem of Christmas "midnight Mass" when the government has imposed a 10 p.m. curfew as part of its measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
New patriarch of Jerusalem says he must listen a lot, pray a lot
When Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa makes his first entrance into the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as patriarch, he will continue the balancing act of representing everyone in the Holy Land.
Moral guidance regarding vaccines and COVID-19
With the prospect of the FDA approving one (or more) COVID-19 vaccines within the next few weeks...
Social justice must be founded on care for others, Pope tells judges
Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world's wealth...
New books for teens, kids focus on morality, Bible, Jesus
The following books are suitable for Christmas giving.
'Now we are in hell,' says priest who offers hope to destitute Lebanese
With the speed and dexterity of a professional chef, Maronite Father Hani Tawk chops – first 65 pounds worth of...
Communication director for Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia dies
Father John Fields, who was communication director for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, died at his home Nov. 28.
U.S. bishops' Latin America collection to fund seminary whose rector was killed
Among the projects approved during an early November meeting of U.S. bishops was aid to a seminary in El Salvador whose rector was killed execution style in August on the side of a road as he headed to his home diocese to celebrate Mass.
Pope appeals for peace as violence increases in Ethiopia
Pope Francis renewed his call for peace in Ethiopia after a violent conflict in ...
At Mass with new cardinals, Pope warns against worldliness
Concelebrating Mass with newly created cardinals, Pope Francis said Advent is a time to be vigilant, hopeful and helpful.
Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop
One by one 11 senior Churchmen, including two U.S. citizens – Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat – knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats, a cardinal's ring and a scroll formally declaring their new status and assigning them a …
Some say it's time to discern sainthood for U.S. women slain 40 years ago
The women arrived in the tiny country on the brink of war, each with a different experience formed in Catholic circles in various parts of the U.S.: Queens and Brooklyn in New York, Connecticut and Ohio.
New 'Beatitudes Center' to teach peace online first, then in person
Maybe the key to teaching, learning and practicing peace is in a spot that is itself full of peace.
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