IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Builders, church leaders, choir members and journalists gathered atop eight floors of scaffolding — 159 feet high — in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Oct. … Continue reading
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Medieval crucifix in St. Peter's Basilica 'resurrected' from obscurity
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — His toes curl in pain, his veins bulge from exertion, his bony chest heaves in the last throes of death. The newly restored 14th-century wooden crucified Christ “has been resurrected” … Continue reading
Enrollment growth prompts Boston archdiocesan seminary to buy back space
By Donis Tracy BRIGHTON, Mass. (CNS) — Rapid growth in the number of men entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton to study for the priesthood has prompted the Boston Archdiocese to buy back space from Boston College to accommodate the … Continue reading
Pope on why he's going to Sweden: 'Closeness does all of us good'
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he wanted his trip to Sweden to focus purely on promoting Christian unity, although in the end, he added a day to the visit so he could respond to the … Continue reading
For Carolyn Woo, the next step is 'refirement,' not retirement
IMAGE: CNS photo/Laura Elizabeth Pohl, By Rhina Guidos BALTIMORE (CNS) — Many mornings Carolyn Y. Woo has arrived to the relative solitude of a chapel at the Baltimore headquarters of Catholic Relief Services, and as the bustling city comes to … Continue reading
Pope encourages church, police in shared battle against trafficking
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — An unrelenting, coordinated commitment is needed to prevent people from falling prey to traffickers and to help victims caught in their snares, Pope Francis told representatives of law enforcement agencies … Continue reading
U.S. archbishop, pilgrims were celebrating Mass in Norcia when earthquakes struck
By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) — U.S. Archbishop Alexander K. Sample was preparing to celebrate Mass Oct. 26 with Benedictine monks in Norcia when the first of two powerful earthquakes struck. “I had no sooner finished (the vesting) prayer … Continue reading
Bishops to elect officers, hear task force report, vote on action plan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops will discuss ways to promote peace in U.S. communities torn apart by violence, vote on ways to implement priority areas for their conference approved last year and … Continue reading
Catholic women decry presidential campaign's focus on 'politics of fear'
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Seventy Catholic women including the presidents of two leading Catholic organizations expressed concern for the “toxic politics of fear” that has dominated this year’s presidential campaign. Saying that “elections should be a national examination of conscience,” … Continue reading
Ecumenical papal trip also will show pain of division, Lutheran says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The extension of Pope Francis’ trip to Sweden by one day to accommodate a papal Mass for the nations’ Catholics does not detract from the ecumenical power of the trip, … Continue reading
