Notre Dame president tests positive for coronavirus October 2, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School September 28, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation’s highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee September 26, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat. The president said he was honored to nominate Barrett […]
Two Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees September 21, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat after the Sept. 18 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’ September 19, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Supreme Court, World News The second woman appointed to the court, who served there for more than 27 years, is primarily remembered for her pioneering work for gender equality and for writing pointed dissents and asking tough questions.
Bruce Springsteen gives pep talk of sorts to Boston College freshmen September 16, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News As this unusual school year gets underway, Boston College freshmen were reminded that they’ve already been through a lot and were urged — as college graduating seniors usually are — that they have to go out and change the world.
Pope accepts resignation of bishop-designate of Duluth, following accusation September 8, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Father Michel J. Mulloy — who had been appointed but not installed as bishop of Duluth, Minnesota — after an allegation of sexual abuse was raised against him from the 1980s when he was a priest in South Dakota.
In new term, Supreme Court once again takes up religious liberty August 21, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about a Catholic social service agency excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
Faith leaders criticize Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants July 31, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Faith leaders and immigrant advocates have denounced the Trump administration’s plan to reject first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, and limit DACA renewals to one-year extensions instead of two.
Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed July 14, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee.
Flannery O’Connor documentary opening in mid-July at virtual theaters July 11, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News “Flannery,” a documentary about the life and writings of Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, opens in select virtual cinemas nationwide July 17.
U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools July 8, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be sued for job discrimination in firing teachers.
