At 100, WWII vet recounts joining Women’s Coast Guard Reserves to serve country
byBy Eleska Aubespin, Catholic News Service HOUSTON — Seaman 1st Class Shirley H. Reagor once boarded an Italian submarine to perform her military duties…
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Military chaplain prays more priests feel call to serve armed forces
byBy Joe Ruff, Catholic News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Army National Guard Lt. Nick Kehtel found himself in the middle of California’s…
Supreme Court seems ready to let Affordable Care Act stand
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — On Nov. 10, when the fate of the Affordable Care Act faced the Supreme Court for…
Navy dad, back home after 15 months away, surprises daughter at Catholic school
byBy Michelle Martin, Catholic News Service CHICAGO — The father-daughter reunion at a Catholic school in suburban Chicago was weeks in the making. U.S….
At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick, Pope Francis renewed…
McCarrick report summary cites lack of serious investigations of rumors
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to…
Tennessee governor gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A Tennessee death-row inmate scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 was granted a reprieve until April…
Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president
byCatholic News Service WASHINGTON — With Joe Biden now elected as the nation’s 46th president, it is “time for our leaders to come together…
News organizations project Biden win; second Catholic elected U.S. president
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Horns blared near the White House just before noon Nov. 7 as major U.S. news organizations…
Sixty years after JFK, nation to get second Catholic president
byBy Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. Until Kennedy, all…