Archive for March 26, 2015

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By Kevin J. Jones

A grave problem – NJ ban on religious headstone sales could violate constitution

A New Jersey law crafted to ban the Archdiocese of Newark from selling cemetery headstones might not pass muster under... Read more

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Peruvian march for life draws half a million

More than half a million Peruvians participated in the historic March for Life 2015, held March 21 in Lima, rejecting... Read more

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addresses the World Economic Forum, May 2013. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Palestinian president may visit Vatican a second time for canonization Mass

Nearly a year since taking part in a prayer for Middle East peace in the Vatican Gardens, Palestinian president Mahmoud... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Pope Francis to meet, celebrate Mass with relatives during Turin visit

A son of Italian immigrants, Argentinian native Pope Francis will have the opportunity to meet with distant relatives during his... Read more

President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis for a private audience at the Vatican, March 27, 2014 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis to visit White House Sept. 23

U.S. officials have confirmed that Pope Francis will make a stop at the White House to meet with President Barack... Read more

Pope Francis meets with Mike Haines and Barbara Henning, relatives of aid workers killed by the Islamic State. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis meets relatives of aid workers murdered by Islamic State

The brother and widow of two British aid workers killed by Islamic State militants last autumn were among the participants... Read more

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller in St. Peter's Basilica at the installation Mass of Bishop Maurizio Malvestiti on Oct. 12, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Carl Bunderson

Bishops conferences are not the Magisterium, Vatican doctrine chief reminds Cardinal Marx

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has told a French paper that doctrinal,... Read more

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London Catholic school believes government order threatens its identity

A prestigious Catholic school in London fears that altering its admissions criteria – as it was ordered to do by... Read more

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Left to right: Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Fernando Chomali, Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo, Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, and Bishop Mykola Bychok, CSsR, will be made cardinals in a consistory on Dec. 7, 2024.

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