Cardinal jeered at housing session February 13, 2017By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News Lawrence Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore testified on behalf of a proposed fair housing ordinance to the tune of jeers and catcalls from a boisterous minority segment of the audience.
Cardinal-designate O’Brien used to new and varied assignments January 6, 2012By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – The priestly ministry of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, named a cardinal Jan. 6 by Pope Benedict XVI, has been marked by frequent assignments, so that he rarely stays in one place very long. And even when he is ensconced somewhere for a while, he gets to moving.
Catholic Church has evolving answer on reality of Adam and Eve September 5, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Catholic scholars, along with mainstream Protestant scholars, see in the primal stories of Genesis not literal history but symbolic, metaphoric stories which express basic truths about the human condition and humans.
Father Corapi says he won’t leave Montana to live with order in Texas July 11, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John Corapi said he will not follow the order of his religious superior to leave his home in Montana to live in community with his fellow priests.
Order accuses Father Corapi of sexual, financial wrongdoing, falsehoods July 11, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John A. Corapi was involved in “years of cohabitation” with a former prostitute, repeated abuse of alcohol and drugs and “serious violation” of his promise of poverty, according to a fact-finding team appointed by his religious order.
Father Corapi, a popular preacher, put on administrative leave March 22, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John Corapi, a popular author and preacher who has had speaking engagements all over the world, has been placed on administrative leave from priestly ministry over an accusation of misconduct.
Mark Twain’s autobiography renews debate: Was he anti-Christian? January 6, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, World News “There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory … ours is a terrible religion.”
Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort February 25, 2010By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Their births made medical history as 29-year-old Stephania became the first known heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.
Vatican astronomer says if aliens exist, they may not need redemption May 22, 2008By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News If aliens exist, they may be a different life form that does not need Christ’s redemption, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said.
Scalia: Constitution is not a living document February 19, 2007By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Constitution is not a living document and should not be rewritten each year by the unelected justices of the Supreme Court.
Catholic actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71 December 14, 2006By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Peter Boyle, who was once a Christian Brother before he pursued a career in acting, died Dec. 12 at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Boyle, 71, had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease.
