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…
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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…
Public Masses continue in Italy despite new COVID-19 restrictions
byCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As the Italian government imposed new restrictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the Italian bishops’ conference…
Catholics urged to pray for ‘clarity, peace’ in midst of unsettled election
byCatholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — The Catholic Medical Association Nov. 5 urged Catholics around the country to pray a novena or rosary “for clarity…
Cardinal Tumi, 90, released after being kidnapped with 12 others
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — After armed men abducted Cardinal Christian Tumi along with a dozen other people in the…
Book could stimulate discussion on being a Catholic man today
byBy Mitch Finley, Catholic News Service “Pursuing Freedom: Becoming the Man You Could Be” by Thomas Wurtz. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2020). 117…
Speaker: Legalizing assisted suicide allows state to decide who lives, who dies
byBy Maurice Beaulieu, Catholic News Service ORLANDO, Fla. — Kristen Hanson, community relations advocate for the Patient Rights Action Fund, told the emotional story…
Church responds as Hurricane Eta pounds Central America
byBy David Agren, Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — Caritas, the church’s charitable agency, was responding to Hurricane Eta, which hit Nicaragua Nov. 3…
Bishop John Stowe asks prayers for ‘just, peaceful conclusion’ to elections
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, said the lack of a resounding decision in the…