Brooklyn Diocese ‘extremely disappointed’ court sided with new COVID-19 limits October 19, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Religious Freedom, World News After a federal judge sided with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in its court fight against the state’s latest restrictions on houses of worship, the Brooklyn Diocese “is extremely disappointed” but is considering its “appellate options,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said in a statement.
Manifestantes queman dos iglesias en Chile en aniversario de protestas October 19, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Manifestantes incendiaron dos iglesias católicas en Chile, donde reuniones para conmemorar el primer aniversario de protestas masivas contra la desigualdad se convirtieron en caos.
Demonstrators burn two churches in Chile on anniversary of protests October 19, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Demonstrators burned two Catholic churches in Chile, where gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests against inequality descended into chaos.
Government committee: Spain’s euthanasia bill tantamount to murder October 18, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Members of the Spanish Bioethics Committee have unanimously opposed a euthanasia bill, warning their government that the proposed legislation would oblige doctors to commit murder.
Archbishop Cordileone plans exorcism at church where Serra statue was toppled October 14, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News San Francisco’s archbishop plans to conduct an exorcism Oct. 17 at the site of a now-toppled statue of St. Junipero Serra at St. Rafael Mission Church in San Rafael.
New statue honors Mother Cabrini for devotion to immigrants, children, the poor October 14, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron of immigrants, now stands overlooking the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Pope meets Cardinal Pell, thanks him for his ‘witness’ October 13, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Thank you for your witness,” Pope Francis told retired Australian Cardinal George Pell as the two sat down for a private meeting Oct. 12, six months after the High Court of Australia overturned the cardinal’s conviction on sex abuse charges.
Catholic leaders ‘appalled’ by alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor October 9, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News A Michigan Catholic bishop and the leadership of the Adrian Dominican sisters offered prayers of thanksgiving that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was safe after the FBI foiled an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan’s chief executive.
Al Smith dinner draws presidential nominees for 75th year; this time dais is virtual October 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News The Catholic vote and the coronavirus subtly headlined the annual fundraiser of the 75th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Oct. 1, livestreamed from the Manhattan residence of New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan due to COVID-19.
Late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer awarded Havel human rights prize September 30, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Kizito Mihigo, the late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer, song writer and organist, has been honored with Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, an international award that celebrates bravery, creativity and artistic innovation against dictatorships.
Cologne cardinal warns German church’s Synodal Path could cause schism September 18, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki warned that the Synodal Path reform project could lead to a “German national church.”
San Francisco Catholics urged to speak up about ‘punitive’ limits on Mass September 15, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Religious Freedom, World News San Francisco’s archbishop is calling on all parishes in the archdiocese to each gather parishioners to participate in eucharistic processions to U.N. Plaza next to City Hall Sept. 20 “to witness to the city that faith matters.”
