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Holy Cross superior to Obama: Rethink abortion position
ROME (CNS) -— The head of the Holy Cross religious order that founded the University of Notre Dame has written to U.S. President Barack Obama and asked him to rethink his positions on abortion and other life issues.
Thousands of new Catholics to join Church
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— As many as 150,000 new or returning Catholics are expected to join the Catholic Church in 2009 in the United States. Many of them will do so during the Easter Vigil April 11 in parishes across the country.
Vatican releases details of pope’s first trip to Holy Land
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— On his first trip to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI will meet with Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders, stop at the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and visit a refugee camp in Bethlehem, West Bank, the Vatican said.
Iowa bishops warn of harm from gay marriage
DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) -— Iowa’s Catholic bishops vigorously disagreed with the Iowa Supreme Court’s unanimous decision April 3 that strikes down state law defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman.
Conway circus performer met Pope Piux XII
Giovanni Alberto Zoppé, 87, a member of St. Joseph Church in Conway, died March 5. He was known at one time as Italy’s premier equestrian artist, performing a somersault from the back of one galloping horse to another. He said his greatest achievement, however, was being invited to a private audience with Pope Pius XII. (Obituaries)
Because of Jesus, life is to be fully embraced, not spent fearing death
A proverb attributed to the late president Abraham Lincoln asserts: “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” (Seeds of Faith, Word to Life)
Last living founder of Trappist monastery recalls its history
CONYERS, Ga. (CNS) -— “I wanted to be a simple religious. A nobody would be the best thing,” said Trappist Father Luke Kot, who helped establish Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers 65 years ago.
Washington archbishop honors local bishops’ Communion stances
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington is following the lead of local prelates regarding the reception of Communion by Catholic elected representatives and government officials whose views may conflict with Church teaching.
Three years of polls compare Catholic, non-Catholic views
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— Telephone polling of Catholics and non-Catholics over three years shows the degree of difference between the two groups on abortion, the death penalty and other moral issues about which the Catholic Church has spoken.
Vatican orders apostolic visitation team to Legionaries of Christ
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— The Vatican has ordered an apostolic visitation of the institutions of the Legionaries of Christ following disclosures of sexual impropriety by the order’s late founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado.
German nun elected to lead Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity
CALCUTTA, India (CNS) —- The newly elected head of the Missionaries of Charity, Sister Mary Prema, said she will continue the work of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta to show God’s compassion to “broken humanity.”
Continue your Easter celebration with Dyngus Day
430 S. Jackson Street in South Bend, Ind., is the address of a house which is important in the history of my family. It was to this address that my maternal grandfather brought his family from Poland, his wife and two daughters, the elder of whom was my mother. (Columns)
Pope Benedict is right: Condoms not the answer
During an interview with the press en route to Africa, Pope Benedict was asked about the use of condoms to combat AIDS in Africa. He answered that the epidemic “cannot be overcome by the distribution of (condoms): on the contrary, they increase it.” (Opinions)
DREAM can still be kept alive
We must keep the dream alive for immigrant students even if the state’s Senate bill fails. (Editorial)
