Supreme Court appears ready to support web designer in free speech case December 5, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Colorado designer Lorie Smith, who runs a web design company called 303 Creative, has said she should not be required to create wedding websites for same-sex couples based on her Christian beliefs about marriage.
Supreme Court examines Biden’s immigration enforcement policy November 30, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News Supreme Court justices Nov. 29 examined a Biden administration policy that placed the arrest and deportation of some unauthorized immigrants over others.
Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup November 30, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning, or already have returned, to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion while others are waiting to do so.
Catholic leaders respond to shooting at Colorado nightclub November 21, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Catholic leaders have condemned the Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that killed at least five people and injured at least 25.
U.S. Catholic leaders speak out against three November executions November 21, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In the third week of November, three executions by lethal injection took place in the U.S. in just two days and a fourth execution was called off after failed attempts happened close to the expiration of the prisoner’s death warrant.
Eucharistic revival has ‘incredible momentum,’ bishop says November 17, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News, Worship & Sacraments The U.S. bishops’ three-year eucharistic revival, which will culminate in a National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in 2024, is in full swing, according to Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn.
Bishops look at ways to expand how they pass on Catholic faith November 17, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News U.S. Bishops
Church has ‘work to do’ in promoting pro-life message, bishops told by Archbishop Lori November 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022 In a year when abortion has been front and center in U.S. politics — from the Supreme Court decision to recent state referendums — the Catholic Church faces a challenge of promoting its pro-life message to its own members and society at large, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.
Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to stay true to church’s mission November 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, Vatican, World News In his address to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, emphasized the need to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message.
Link between death penalty and racism can’t be ignored, advocates say November 13, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Respect Life, World News Advocates working to end the death penalty say they have long seen the links between racism and capital punishment and they plan to continue to speak out about it until they see a change.
Catholic leaders vow to continue fight after state abortion measures pass November 9, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Although Catholic leaders and state Catholic conferences had pushed for the defeat of ballot measures protecting legal abortion and urged voters to pass measures restricting abortions, state voters ultimately went the other way Nov. 8.
U.S. bishops launch new approach to teaching the faith November 8, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News, Youth Ministry A new outreach to teaching the faith, called the Institute on the Catechism, will be a springboard for faith formation developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism.
