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CRS announces agency veteran as new CEO
IMAGE: CNS photo/Philip Laubner, CRS By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) A six-month search for a new president and CEO for one of the largest humanitarian relief agencies in the world ended at its doorstep, with Catholic Relief Services announcing Sept. 16 that it is hiring a veteran employee — …
Cardinal says group’s ‘deceptive’ ads promote abortion as ‘a social good’
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Ads appearing around the country “calling for taxpayer funding of abortion in the name of the Catholic faith” are “deceptive,” “extreme” and promote “abortion as if it were a social good,” said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan. The abortion advocacy organization Catholics for Choice placed …
Pope urges Christians to believe in the ‘logic’ of the resurrection
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to believe in the logic of the resurrection of the body and not succumb to heresies that reduce it to a mere spiritual experience, Pope Francis said. When looking toward the future, the uncertainty about what happens after death …
Benedictines say their fresh-baked spice cookies have ‘heavenly’ scent
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Breidenbach By Katie Breidenbach FERDINAND, Ind. (CNS) — The aroma of fresh-baked spice cookies fills the monastery bakery in Ferdinand. The Sisters of St. Benedict claim this scent is truly “heavenly,” and with good reason. A saint wrote the recipe. “It is attributed to St. Hildegard,” explained …
Changing canon law, pope brings Latin and Eastern practices closer
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a change to church law, Latin-rite Catholic deacons may not preside at a wedding when one or both of the new spouses are members of an Eastern Catholic church. The new rule is one of the changes to 11 …
Study puts dollar value of organized religion in the U.S. at $1.2 trillion
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Can you put a dollar value on religion? One Georgetown University researcher has attempted something close to it, releasing findings from a study that says organized religion and behaviors associated with it contribute, by one estimate, nearly $1.2 trillion to the United States. Brian …
Pastors who become princes are far from Jesus’ spirit, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Clergy who use their position for personal gain rather than to help those in need do not follow the spirit of Jesus who took upon himself the sufferings of others, Pope Francis said. Jesus often would rebuke such leaders …
Assassinated French priest joins procession of martyrs, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) - To kill in the name of God is satanic, Pope Francis said at a special requiem Mass for a French priest assassinated by youths claiming allegiance to the Islamic State. “Father Jacques Hamel had his throat slit on the …
Archbishop rejects claim religious liberty used as excuse to discriminate
IMAGE: CNS photo/Catholic Review By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore sharply criticized comments made by Martin Castro, chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, that the phrases “religious liberty” and “religious freedom” were “code words” used to discriminate. “Statements painting those who support religious freedom …
New report shows U.S. Catholics have negative, limited views of Islam
IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway/Catholic New World By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — In grappling with the issue of Islamophobia, a Georgetown University research group conducted an examination of conscience of sorts by looking at Catholic perceptions of Islam and how these views may have been influenced by Catholic news outlets …