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New US stamp honors Mother Teresa, admirer and critic of American society
Washington D.C., Sep 5, 2010 / 02:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa on August 26, the United States Postal Service is honoring her with a new 44 cent stamp. It was issued in a special ceremony today at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate… Read More ›
Vatican council calls planned Koran burning ceremony ‘outrageous’
Vatican City, Sep 8, 2010 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although the charismatic Christian church planning a Koran burning on Sept. 11 only has around 50 members, the spectre of the impact on Muslim relations led the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue to issue a statement today expressing its “great concern” over the plan… Read More ›
US Catholic Leaders condemn planned Koran burning
CNA STAFF, Sep 8, 2010 / 05:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The retired Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Theodore McCarrick, and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights’ president Bill Donohue, have added their voices in opposition to a Florida pastor’s plan to burn the Koran publicly on September 11, 2010. Both men agree that… Read More ›
New Mass translation provides chance for teaching about Liturgy
Washington D.C., Aug 19, 2010 / 09:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to CNA in an interview, Msgr. Anthony Sherman, executive director for the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship, gave an update on the status of the implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal. Msgr. Sherman stated that the changes will need to introduced with… Read More ›
Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?
Published July 27, 2010, National Geographic, Story by Ker Than The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the… Read More ›
N. Carolina bishops urge opposition to abortion coverage in UNC student health plan
Raleigh, N.C., Aug 26, 2010 / 02:52 am (CNA).- A required University of North Carolina health plan’s coverage of abortion is “deeply disturbing,” two regional Catholic bishops have said. They called on the state’s Catholics and the university’s governing board to oppose the requirements, noting that abortion targets the lives of the weak and defenseless…. Read More ›
Archbishop Chaput calls for resistance to intolerance of Christianity
Spisske Podhradie, Slovakia, Aug 25, 2010 / 05:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Addressing the first session of the 15th symposium for the Canon Law Association of Slovakia on Tuesday, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver called for Catholics in America and Europe to oppose the rise of a “state-encouraged atheism” which reduces religion to “an individual lifestyle… Read More ›
Roman and Byzantine Catholics celebrate feast of the Transfiguration
CNA STAFF, Aug 1, 2010 / 05:11 am (CNA).- Both Roman and Eastern rite Catholics will soon celebrate the Church’s feast of the Transfiguration on its traditional date for both calendars, August 6. The feast commemorates one of the pinnacles of Jesus’ earthly life, when he revealed his divinity to three of his closest disciples… Read More ›
Catholic Charities relief effort for victims of Gulf oil spill running out of funds
New Orleans, La., Aug 5, 2010 / 03:02 am (CNA).- Efforts to help those affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill are running out of funds, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans has said in an urgent appeal. So far the charity’s action has helped almost 20,000 people for 90 days, but financial… Read More ›
Why 20 Nations are Defending the Crucifix
Interview With Director of European Law Organization By Jesús Colina STRASBOURG, France, JULY 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Last November’s ruling against the display of crucifixes in Italian schools has caused the most widespread opposition in the history of the European Court of Human Rights: 20 countries are officially opposed and have joined Italy in defense of… Read More ›