Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

After making headlines last fall, Bishop Joseph Martino of Scranton is doing it again, and upping the ante in the pro-life battle. From the local press: In a letter to the heads of three local Irish organizations, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton has threatened to close St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton during St. Patrick’s…

A controversial image of President Obama is causing a small war to break out in the California city named for a patron of peace: He may be the Second Coming to many San Franciscans – but one local Catholic priest wants a popular prayer candle with President Obama’s picture on it pulled from a local…

Last week, my own diocese announced a unique plan to save some Catholic schools threatened with closure: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn unveiled a proposal on Saturday to convert four Roman Catholic schools singled out for closing into public charter schools, an 11th-hour lifeline meant to…

From AFP: Visiting US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI during her weeklong visit to Italy, a Vatican official said Monday. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, the official told AFP, saying it would likely occur after the pope’s weekly general audience. There’s more at the…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners