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Bishops agree with call to have St. Irenaeus declared doctor of the church
BALTIMORE – The U.S. bishops added their assent to a call to have St. Irenaeus declared a doctor of the church.
Archbishop Gomez elected USCCB president; first Latino in post
BALTIMORE – Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles was elected to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.
Everyday Heroes: For Catholic vet, ‘doing right thing’ outweighed risks
Sgt. Gary Rose looked out and saw a wounded soldier 50 meters outside his company’s perimeter, stranded in the middle of North Vietnamese Army machine gun fire during a Vietnam War Special Forces mission in Laos.
First woman director named for St. Vincent de Paul Seattle-King County
SEATTLE – Mirya Muñoz-Roach has been named executive director of St. Vincent de Paul Seattle-King County, the first woman to lead the nonprofit organization in its nearly 100 years of serving the poor.
Veteran says ‘Little Flower’ kept him alive during months of bombing runs
NEW HOPE, Minn. – A German Messerschmitt fighter plane was bearing down on Don Stoliel’s B-17 bomber as he flew a mission during World War II.
O’Dea football players model character, faith, service for their ‘Little Irish’
SEATTLE – Even though they now live in Massachusetts, brothers Mack and Sterling Goedde have stayed firmly connected to their “Little Irish” mentors at O’Dea High School in Seattle.
Refusing God’s generosity is a sin, pope says
VATICAN CITY – In life, Christians face the choice of either being open to encountering God’s generosity or closed in on their own interests, Pope Francis said.