New Chinese Catholic leaders say they’ll follow Communist Party principles August 23, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new leaders, who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party.
Expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border on target to break record August 23, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to break a record for border captures when the fiscal year ends at the end of September, as the total number of apprehensions inched closer to the 2 million mark at the end of July.
Retired Archbishop Weakland of Milwaukee dies at age 95 August 23, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Retired Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, who was the ninth archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 until his retirement in 2002, died overnight at Clement Manor in Greenfield after a long illness, the archdiocese announced Aug. 22. The prelate, who lived at the residence, was 95.
Federal judge rules Baltimore-based CRS must pay health benefits for spouse of gay employee August 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland has ruled that Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas relief and development agency, must offer health care coverage to the spouses of gay employees as long as the employees’ jobs are nonreligious in nature.
Idaho Supreme Court upholds state law banning most abortions August 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Idaho Supreme Court Aug. 12 upheld a state law that bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. The law will take effect Aug. 25.
How to make the church synodal? Inclusion, say respondents in 3 countries August 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Catholics on two different continents want more inclusion — including of women and LGBTQ Catholics — more adult faith formation and help with engaging young adults.
Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement August 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group, announced that a settlement it called historic has been reached with an Illinois hospital system over denying its employees a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Baltimore native Babe Ruth and former Oriole Brooks Robinson among winners in balloting for Catholic baseball all-star team August 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, Whitey Ford and Connie Mack were among the first-place winners Catholic voters chose in online balloting for an all-time Catholic baseball all-star team.
5th Circuit urged to keep injunction in place on HHS transgender mandate August 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments Aug. 4 in Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra, a challenge to a federal mandate that requires doctors to perform gender transition procedures even if this violates their conscience and medical judgment.
Archbishop Lori decries Biden executive order, ‘continued promotion of abortion’ August 5, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Decrying President Joe Biden’s new executive order on abortion, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee said Aug. 5 that “continued promotion of abortion takes lives and irreparably harms vulnerable pregnant mothers, their families and society.”
Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94 August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, best known for his 67 seasons calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles Aug. 2. He was 94.
Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Thousands of Knights of Columbus members and their families were welcomed to Nashville Aug. 1 for the 140th annual Supreme Convention of the Catholic fraternal men’s organization with a private concert at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House.
