When the developers of the Catholic meditation app Hallow launched it in 2018, they hoped to attract young Catholics, but what is now the country’s No. 1 Catholic app has a bigger reach than that.
Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy
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
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
The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn as the host site for the first presidential debate, with its president saying the health precautions required because of COVID-19 “would have greatly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.
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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.