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Washington D.C., Jun 9, 2016 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There is a young and vital presence of religious sisters, novices and postulants in U.S. Catholic life, a new survey has found.The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious has released its latest survey of its 120 member communities in 137 U.S. dioceses.Mother Mary Agnes Donovan, S.V., council chairperson and superior general of the Sisters of Life, said the council is “blessed” to have both older and younger institutes in its membership.“The presence of the well-established communities lends a wisdom and guiding presence to the newer communities,” she said. “I am sure that without the mentoring support and generosity of these superiors, communities such as ours would never have come to fruition.”The council membership survey report, released in May, drew on 106 responses from the major superiors of the 120 member communities. There are about 6,000 women religious among the counci...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jessica Able, The RecordBy Jessica AbleLOUISVILLE, Ky.(CNS) -- It may seem improbable that the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, adevout Muslim, would be closely connected with a Catholic religious order.As ayoung teen, Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, worked at the library of NazarethCollege, now-Spalding University. He cleaned and tended the front desk whilethe Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, founders of the school, had dinner."Hewould leave Central High School at 2 p.m. and work in the library until about 6p.m. Then, he would go to the Columbia Gym and work out," said Tori MurdenMcClure, Spalding's president and an athlete who worked with Ali in years past.Ali, who was raised in a Christian household,learned to box at the Columbia Gym, located in the basement of ColumbiaAuditorium, which is now the Spalding University Center. He was invited by JoeMartin, a police officer who also worked as a boxing coach. Ali met Martin whenthe young teen reported his red bike sto...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel imposed travel restrictions Thursday on tens of thousands of Palestinians and sent hundreds of additional troops into the West Bank in response to a deadly shooting at a popular Tel Aviv tourist spot. But as the nation's leaders vowed tough responses, they stopped short of taking wider-scale military action....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The World Health Organization says women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy, since there's no other sure way to avoid the virus' devastating birth defects....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a rescue package for debt-stricken Puerto Rico, clearing a major hurdle in the ongoing effort to bring relief to the U.S. territory of 3.5 million Americans....
MOSIER, Ore. (AP) -- Leaders of several Pacific Northwest tribes gathered Thursday near the site of last week's fiery oil train wreck in Oregon to condemn the shipping of fossil fuels through the Columbia River Gorge, a scenic homeland and sacred fishing ground for the Yakama Nation and others over the millennia....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of debate, the U.S. is close to a decision to expand the military's authority to conduct airstrikes against the Taliban as the violence in Afghanistan escalates, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire Charles Koch, one of America's most influential conservative donors, said he is fed up with the vitriol of the presidential race and will air national TV ads that call on citizens to work together to fix a "rigged" economy that leaves behind the poor....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Testifying to Hillary Clinton's grit and experience, President Barack Obama endorsed his former secretary of state's bid to succeed him on Thursday and urged Democrats to line up behind her. It was all part of a carefully orchestrated pressure campaign aimed at easing Clinton rival Bernie Sanders toward the exit and turning fully to the fight against Republican Donald Trump....
(Vatican Radio) On Friday Pope Francis will meet with leaders of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, a group which comprises some 80 million Christians in countries right across the globe.The delegation, led by President Jerry Pillay and Secretary General Chris Ferguson will also hold talks with the Vatican’s Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Justice and Peace Council, since social justice is at the heart of the dialogue between these two global communities.Fr Avelino Gonzàlez-Ferrer heads the desk for dialogue with Reformed Churches at the Council for Christian Unity – just ahead of the papal audience, he talked to Philippa Hitchen about the meeting and about the focus of this long-standing ecumenical relationship….Listen: Fr Avelino notes that World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is a union of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and the Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC) which came together in 2010. Today the WCR...
