Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy July 31, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Human lives and jobs are not the only things threatened by the coronavirus pandemic: In many countries, democracy and efforts to build a more just world also are under attack, said Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
U.S. data group: China hacked computers of Vatican, other church entities July 29, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organizations in May.
Notre Dame won’t host Sept. 29 presidential debate; venue moves to Ohio July 29, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Coronavirus, News, World News The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn as the host site for the first presidential debate, with its president saying the health precautions required because of COVID-19 “would have greatly diminished the educational value” of having the debate on campus.
Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Hartford, Conn. July 28, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, World News Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be beatified during a special Mass Oct. 31 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford.
French police arrest cathedral volunteer who confesses to Nantes fire July 27, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A Rwandan is facing up to 10 years in prison after he confessed to deliberately setting fire to the city’s Gothic cathedral.
Fauci calls COVID-19 a ‘pandemic of historic proportion,’ like 1918’s flu July 25, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News There is no denying the fact “this is a pandemic of historic proportion,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told students at Jesuit-run Georgetown University in a recent online webinar focused on young people’s risks and responsibilities in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.
Christ statue vandalized at Florida church among latest attacks on statues July 21, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News “It is too soon to arrive to any conclusion, but we have seen other churches vandalized around the country. We totally ‘condemn’ this action. We invite our community to pray for peace,” parish officials said in a statement.
French police suspect arson was cause of fire at Nantes cathedral July 20, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News French police have opened an arson investigation into a fire at a Gothic cathedral in Nantes.
Robbers invade convent in Uganda, beat nuns while taking valuables, cash July 14, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The attackers raped and beat some of the 50 Bannabikira Sisters, known as the Daughters of Mary, in their convent in Bwanda early July 10.
Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO ‘deeply regrettable,’ CHA says July 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News The Catholic Health Association July 7 said it was “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization during a global pandemic.
New York Archdiocese closes 20 schools; six more close in Brooklyn Diocese July 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Twenty schools in the Archdiocese of New York will not reopen in the fall because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother’s funeral virtually July 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.