Salvadoran clergy hopeful for canonization of Archbishop Romero
The new pope told a monsignor in 2007 that if he were the pope, Oscar Romero's canonization would be a priority.
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Sr. Mary Nona McGreal, historian and educator, dies
Sr. Mary Nona McGreal, master teacher, historian, prolific writer and promoter of Catholic education in the United States, died on March 20 at the Dominican motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wis. She was 98. Her life and many ministries, from primary teacher to co-author of a three-volume curriculum used nationally in Catholic schools, spanned 80 years of religious profession.
St. Mary's College gets its first lay president
The president of Graduate Theological Union will become the 29th president -- and first lay president -- of St. Mary's College on July 1.
Remembering the murder of Archbishop Romero
Throughout the military dictatorships in Latin America from 1950 to 1990, the hierarchies of the Catholic church and heads of Catholic religious orders took up varying positions in relation to the brutal suppression and the crucifixion of their peoples carried out by these dictatorships, whether in Argentina, Brazil or El Salvador.
However, the touchstone by which we should measure these hierarchical responses, or lack of them, should be the person of Msgr. Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador for just three years from 1977 to 1980, when he was assassinated.
Delayed marriage fallout: more unwed births, report says
First comes baby, then comes marriage? That is the new norm for many middle-class young Americans -- and they and their children are paying a price, a new report says.
A debt to Eugene Patterson, titan of American journalism
Column: Eugene Patterson was a standout in a time when newsroom bravery meant risking your and your family's life.
60 Minutes targets LCWR and Vatican mandate
60 Minutes will air a segment March 17th on the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's controversial doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
CBS describes the upcoming segment this way: “One of the pressing problems newly elected Pope Francis may want to address is the disillusionment among American nuns. Many were shocked last year when the group that represents most of them was reprimanded by the Vatican, which said the nuns' liberal ideas were undermining the Church. Bob Simon reports. Tanya Simon and Andrew Metz are the producers.”
Society of Jesus members pleased, surprised by election of Jesuit pope
The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis "opens for the church a path full of hope ... at this crucial time," said the Jesuit superior general Thursday.
Catholic bishops oppose Violence Against Women Act over lesbian provisions
Five key Catholic bishops are opposing the newly authorized Violence Against Women Act for fear it will subvert traditional views of marriage and gender.
Cardinal Schönborn: It is 'a time of thirst' for the church
Rome dispatch: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn spoke at a memorial service for a Hungarian martyr, which he says shows "what is really important."
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In This Issue
May 10-23, 2013
- Illinois parish's ESL program welcomes all
- A different Mary assumes the stage
- A question few seem to consider when the US wages war afar
- [Print Edition Only] Special Section: Summer Listings
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