Hundreds march for voting rights, justice near U.S. Capitol; 200 arrested August 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Hundreds of people marched — and over 200 of them were arrested — Aug. 2 at a “Moral Monday” rally for voting rights and economic justice near the Capitol.
MRS among U.S. agencies helping resettle Afghan translators, interpreters August 2, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its Migration and Refugee Services “are proud to have the opportunity to welcome and assist those who have kept Americans safe in Afghanistan,” said the USCCB president and the chairman of the bishops’ migration committee July 30.
Boston Globe: Police charge McCarrick with assault in case dating to 1970s July 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News The Boston Globe reported July 29 that police in the Boston suburb of Wellesley have charged former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 in a criminal complaint filed by Wellesley Police in a district court in nearby Dedham, Massachusetts.
N.J. archdiocese says it has requested but not yet received data, analysis July 28, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After being made aware of a “published media report with information inferring possible inappropriate software app use by certain clergy” within the Newark Archdiocese, a statement from the archdiocese said it is reviewing the matter.
Philippine weightlifter credits her Olympic success to her faith July 27, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Olympics, Sports, World News Hidilyn Diaz became the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal winner, set an Olympic record — and thanked her friends who prayed the Miraculous Medal novena. In a virtual news conference, the 30-year-old said she also prayed the novena and wore the medal.
Retired Pope Benedict criticizes church in Germany, says mission obscured July 27, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Older people are not “leftovers” to be discarded; rather, they continue to be precious nourishment for families, young people and communities, Pope Francis said in the homily he wrote for the Mass marking the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
No ‘devout Catholic’ can condone killing child in the womb, says San Francisco archbishop July 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News No one can claim “to be a devout Catholic and condone the killing of innocent human life, let alone have the government pay for it,” said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco.
A call to give the elderly the care and attention they deserve July 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Seniors As the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, July 25, marks the perfect opportunity to reach out to the aging individuals in your life in a special way that reassures them of your love and care.
Pro-life groups criticize Catholic university for hosting Biden town hall July 22, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A few hours before CNN’s evening town hall with President Joe Biden on the campus of a Cincinnati Catholic university, the congregation of women religious that founded the school said the sisters were not involved in planning or hosting the July 21 event.
Award-winning veteran Catholic journalist Gerald ‘Jerry’ Costello dies July 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was a reporter, columnist, book author and founding editor of three newspapers, died July 19 a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs July 20, 2021By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions of the country.
Text: ‘Traditionis Custodes’ on use of the pre-Vatican II liturgy July 16, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations Here is the Vatican’s official English translation of “‘Traditionis Custodes’ on the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970,” an apostolic letter issued by Pope Francis “motu proprio” July 16.