Father Daniel Berrigan, advocate for justice, peace, poor, dies at 94
IMAGE: CNS files By NEW YORK (CNS) — Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, an early critic of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam who for years challenged the country’s reliance on military might, died April 30. He was 94. The author of several books of poetry and one of the first Catholic …
Reconciliation with God, others is key to peace, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For peace in the family, community and nation, people need to recognize their faults and ask forgiveness, Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims, including hundreds of soldiers, sailors and police officers from around the world. “In your families, in the …
Trevi Fountain illuminated in remembrance of Christian martyrs
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Gaby Maniscalco ROME (CNS) — The Trevi Fountain, a Rome landmark, was lit up in red April 29 in a graphic commemoration of the thousands of modern Christians martyred for their faith. The event was sponsored by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, …
Cardinal DiNardo discusses marriage at LeBlond lecture
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, gave the 2016 LeBlond lecture audience an intimate view of the workings of the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family April 6 at the Athenaeum of Ohio. The lecture provided a preface to the release of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which was …
Father Joseph Raudabaugh dead at 78
Father Joseph R. Raudabaugh, a retired teacher, chaplain, and pastor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, died on Tuesday, April 26. He was born on August 2, 1937 in Piqua, Ohio. He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary in Mt. Washington and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of …
Father Patrick Sheridan, retired priest, dead at 70
Father Patrick L. Sheridan, a late vocation to the priesthood and a retired pastor, died on Thursday, April 28. He was born on May 11, 1945 in Columbus, Ohio. Father Sheridan received an A.B. degree from John Carroll University, Cleveland, in 1967. After a career as a Realtor, he received a …
World must respond to Islamic State genocide actions, U.N. conference hears
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Daphnie Vega UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — While religious freedom in much of the Middle East is under siege and the civil war in Syria seems to have no end in sight, Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, and others called the United …
Ethics must guide medical research, protect human dignity, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Moral and ethical concerns must guide medical research so it will always be at the service of protecting human life and dignity, Pope Francis said. In that way, education and research can strive “to serve higher values, such as solidarity, …
Suspects arrested in alleged plot against Vatican, Israeli embassy
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Italian authorities arrested six suspects who allegedly received orders from the Islamic State terrorist group to attack the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome. The arrests made in Lombardy and Piedmont April 28 were the result of a joint operation coordinated …
Mapping with the stars: Nuns instrumental in Vatican celestial survey
IMAGE: CNS/courtesy Vatican Observatory By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Of the many momentous or menial tasks women religious perform, one of the better-kept secrets has been the role of four Sisters of the Holy Child Mary who were part of a global effort to make a complete map …