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catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Nick Olszyk
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick arrives outside Massachusetts’ Dedham District Courthouse for his arraignment, Sept. 3, 2021. / Andrew Bukuras/CNADedham, Mass., Aug 31, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Theodore McCarrick’s eloquence vaulted him to the upper echelons of the Catholic Church, and he stayed there, in part, by using that gift to artfully fend off whispers of sexual misconduct that threatened to knock him off his lofty perch.
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catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carl Olson
Denver Newsroom, May 20, 2020 / 11:10 am (CNA).- A scientist on the front lines of developing a vaccine for COVID-19 today was selected as the recipient of this year’s Templeton Prize, an award recognizing his contributions to insight about religion through his work as a scientist. “Like all crises, like all occasions of suffering, this is an opportunity where we can learn and grow. And I’m glad that I worship a God who knows about suffering,” Collins, an evangelical Christian, told CNA.
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catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carl Olson
Archdiocese of Baltimore ‘refusing’ to reopen parish after Vatican order, advocates say By Tessa Gervasini for CNA The city of Baltimore. / Credit: Sean Pavone/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore has been accused of defying a Vatican order after allegedly refusing to reopen a Maryland parish despite a letter from the Holy See halting its closure.
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3 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Dorothy Cummings McLean
Former Holy See ambassador, friend of Leo XIV says new pontiff will be ‘fantastic pope’ By Tessa Gervasini for CNA Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN NewsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA).
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catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carrie Gress
Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship By Tessa Gervasini for CNA U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. / Credit: Steck, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 17:26 pm (CNA).
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carl Olson
Washington D.C., Mar 25, 2018 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With the arrival of Palm Sunday, Catholics across the globe will soon be handed leaves as they walk into church. Some might fold them into elaborate little crosses. Kids will poke each other with them. But it’s safe to say most won’t know where they came from. The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem the week before his passion and crucifixion.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Joe Bukuras |Tessa Gervasini |Robert Barron
Denver, Colo., Mar 24, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Ian, a 30 year-old living and working in an addiction recovery community in southern Florida, is somewhat used to paradoxical living conditions. Ian has been clean and sober for ten years, and he lives in an area he says is densely populated with recovering addicts. Seven minutes from his house, though, is spring break territory. Ian finds the contrast puzzling.
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1 month ago | 
catholicnewsagency.com | Joe Bukuras |Tessa Gervasini
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 23, 2025 / 15:51 pm Among the people throughout the world remembering Pope Francis in a special way this week are three Americans who shared extraordinarily personal moments with him during his apostolic visit to the United States in September 2015.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carl Olson
Priests gather at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. / Credit: Photo by Josh Applegate, in partnership with the National Eucharistic CongressWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 17, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA). More than 400 men will be ordained to the priesthood in the U.S. this year, and on average they began to consider becoming a priest at just 16 years old, according to an annual CARA survey.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Tessa Gervasini |Carl Olson
CNA Staff, Sep 19, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- President Donald Trump on Saturday signaled he would soon nominate a potential replacement to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday evening at 87. Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic mother of seven, is widely reported to be the front-runner in the president’s deliberations regarding a nominee.
