Obama calls Fr Emil Kapaun a ‘shepherd in combat boots’ who came from the greatest generation of Americans
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Three US states approve laws allowing same-sex marriage
Six states have already legalised same-sex marriage, while 30 states have passed laws prohibiting it
US ordinariate to be created on January 1, says cardinal
Cardinal Wuerl says 67 Episcopal priests have submitted dossiers seeking ordination in the Catholic Church
Archbishop Chaput appointed to Philadelphia
Archbishop Charles Chaput, who is regarded as orthodox and outspoken, is appointed to one of America’s biggest dioceses
Archbishop Dolan ‘surprised’ by his election as president of US bishops
Archbishop of New York says he does not know why bishops departed from tradition to elect him rather than the current vice president








Pope Benedict didn’t finish his final encyclical. His first, Deus Caritas Est, was started by Pope John Paul: couldn’t Pope Francis complete his last?
By Patricia Zapor