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Chris Herlinger New York (ENI). Roman Catholics in the United States are asking a question that touches on demographics and culture: what will the church look like in the coming years when at least 40 percent, and perhaps even a majority, of U.S. Catholics are Latino? At the very least, “they will not only have…

Shift called sign of tolerance By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff  |  May 30, 2009 For the first 50 years of the Supreme Court, there were no Catholics on the bench, and for years after that, there was generally a single “Catholic seat.” Obama seeks to quell dust-up over Sotomayor remarks. A10 But over the last…

WASHINGTON Pope Benedict XVI has “taken extraordinary leadership” on a host of issues that could form the basis for additional U.S.-Vatican cooperation, President Obama told religion writers at the White House earlier today. Obama and the pope are scheduled to meet for the first time at the Vatican July 10, following the president’s participation in…

By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the earliest days of the nation, U.S. and Vatican leaders have considered it worthwhile to keep diplomatic channels open, despite the sometimes rocky political paths involved. Through times when the Vatican has served as intermediary between sparring nations, to a diplomatic-channel offer from the United States — politely…

Symposium Considers 25 Years of US Diplomatic Relations WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The United States is interested in keeping and developing its diplomatic relations with the Holy See for three principal reasons, according to former U.S. ambassador Mary Ann Glendon. Glendon offered her reflections on motives for formal relations between the two entities…