In the face of secrecy, drone warfare faces barrage of moral questions
For a program that the White House has never officially acknowledged, the use of missile-laden drones to strike suspected Muslim militants hardly remains a secret.
Washington
Woodstock Theological Center to close in June
The decision to close the center was part of "an ongoing strategic reflection" by three East Coast Jesuit provinces that will merge into one in the next few years.
Tide may be turning on how to address gun violence in US, speaker says
Participants at a Catholic Social Ministry Gathering issue briefing on gun violence Monday believe the tide may be turning on the issue.
"Newtown changed the issue dramatically," said Vinny DeMarco, a former Maryland assistant attorney general who now heads Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence.
US church leaders express surprise, admiration for pope's decision
U.S. church leaders said they were surprised by the news of the pope's retirement but admired the pontiff's courage for making the decision.
Pope Benedict's resignation announcement stuns world religious leaders
Pope Benedict XVI's announcement that he planned to resign Feb. 28 stunned and shocked religious leaders around the world.
Assisted-suicide bill passes first committee vote in N.J. Assembly
The New Jersey Death with Dignity Act was approved Thursday by a 7-2 vote. It now moves to the full state Assembly.
Churches, faith groups across nation plan 'preach-in' on global warming
Events that ended with the suffix "-in" were a staple of the late 1960s and early '70s. But organizers think the time is right for a "preach-in" on the effects of climate change and global warming.
Interfaith Power & Light, which is sponsoring the nationwide event Feb. 9-10, has already lined up one Catholic parish and one convent as early signers-on to the preach-in.
Jesuit scholastic has full plate as head of black seminarians' group
President Barack Obama wasn't the only African-American president sworn in this month: Lorenzo Herman became president of the National Black Catholic Seminarians Association.
Religious leaders call for US initiative for Palestinian-Israeli peace
Three Catholic prelates joined more than two dozen other Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders in urging the United States to embark on a new initiative to secure peace between the Palestinian National Authority and Israel.
The leaders called upon U.S. diplomats to seek a two-state agreement "before it is too late" in a statement from the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East.
Portland Archbishop Vlazy retires; Michigan bishop named his successor
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Archbishop John Vlazny of Portland, Ore., and named as his successor Bishop Alexander Sample of Marquette, Mich.
Vlazny, who has headed the Oregon archdiocese since 1997, is 75, the age at which bishops are required by canon law to submit their resignation to the pope. Sample, 52, has been Marquette's bishop for eight years.
The changes were announced Tuesday in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, papal nuncio to the U.S.
The Mass of installation for Sample is scheduled for April 2.
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May 24-June 6, 2013
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