Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service
Former U.S. Ambassador to Vatican Thomas P. Melady dies
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Thomas P. Melady, who served in several diplomatic posts and continued to play a...
Pope Francis captures imaginations well beyond the Catholic Church
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Less than a year into his pontificate, Pope Francis has become a phenomenon far beyond the Catholic Church.
As Time magazine...
Donation to Catholic University draws complaint
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WASHINGTON — Fifty prominent Catholics have signed a letter to The Catholic University of America questioning the decision to accept a $1...
Guide for faith-based participation in government programs issued
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has issued guidelines for how federally funded faith-based programs should be administered, ranging from explanations of what...
Reasons for hope in trying times for women
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WASHINGTON — In what the organizer described as “an experiment in hope in trying times,” a prominent theologian and another speaker known...
Analysis: Ruling over teacher’s firing could have far-reaching implications
Catholic News Service
The direction the courts will take with other cases related to religious employment is far from clear, but the Supreme Court's Jan....
High court upholds church school’s exception to federal law
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Jan. 11 upheld the idea that a "ministerial exception" to anti-discrimination laws means the church can't be...
Black Catholics’ survey finds strong ties to church
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WASHINGTON -- African-American Catholics are much more engaged in their church on a variety of levels than are white Catholics, concludes the...
Cardinal says U.S. ordinariate for former Anglicans to be created Jan....
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BALTIMORE -- A new ordinariate, functionally similar to a diocese, will be created Jan. 1 to bring Anglicans into the U.S. Catholic...