By Caroline de Sury OSV News PARIS — Archbishop Laurent Ulrich found himself taking over the Archdiocese of Paris in the spotlight — three years after the Notre Dame fire, as the world watched the cathedral being rebuilt and as it waits for the work to be completed. “When I was welcomed as archbishop of […]
Nicaragua asserts control over church during Holy Week
By David Agren OSV News CUERNAVACA, Mexico — Catholics turned out in large numbers to celebrate Holy Week in Nicaragua. But the ruling Sandinista regime prohibited public exhibitions of faith — such as processions and reenactments of the passion of Christ — as it continued exercising control over religious activities in what’s becoming an increasingly […]
Beatification causes advance for surfer and skateboarder
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald We’re stoked. Last month the Vatican advanced the causes for beatification for an avid surfer and a skateboard enthusiast. Both were in their 30s when they died. Guido Vidal Schaffer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 22, 1974, was a doctor, a surfer and surf instructor who […]
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral and burial
At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’ By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered Jan. 5 for his predecessor’s funeral Mass. “Like the women at the tomb, we too have come with […]
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