‘Violence in the name of God is blasphemy,’ USCCB president says January 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Decrying the acts of religious violence that have taken place during the Christmas season, the president of the U.S. bishops declared: “Violence in the name of God is blasphemy.”
From abuse to ‘nones,’ U.S. bishops share concerns with pope December 3, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ad Limina 2019, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, World News To have the U.S. bishops making their “ad limina” visits now is “very providential, a sign of God’s love for us,” Archbishop William Lori said.
Bishop Caggiano named chairman of Catholic Relief Services board November 25, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, World News Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the new chairman of the board of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services following his appointment by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
More bishops issue statement against president’s tweets on Baltimore August 5, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, Urban Vicariate, World News Three more U.S. bishops spoke out Aug. 2 on a recent spate of tweets by President Donald Trump against the city of Baltimore.
Archbishop Gregory: Offensive speech, actions a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’ August 1, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The archbishop of Washington said recent public comments by President Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated “have deepened divisions and diminished our national life.”
Archbishop Lori joins brother bishops in condemning Poway synagogue shooting April 30, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, World News “The April 27 shooting at a synagogue in California was a terrible act of hatred and violence,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.
Jesuits’ Maryland province releases lists of clergy with credible claims December 18, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News The Maryland province of the Society of Jesus Dec. 17 released the names of Jesuits who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors since 1950. They include Jesuits from the province and other Jesuits who have served the province.
Creche up for one day, then Delaware town’s leaders order its removal December 13, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A manger scene can make people feel good at Christmas and that’s what Patty Derrick and her friends in Rehoboth Beach were aiming for when they spoke to town leaders about erecting a creche that has been part of the beach town for about a half-century.
Catholic group says neutral stand on assisted suicide ‘startling’ October 24, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, World News The president of the Catholic Medical Association said Oct. 18 that the American Academy of Family Physicians’ new “engaged neutrality” position on physician-assisted suicide is “diametrically opposed” to the medical community’s long-standing opposition to it.
‘Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent’ is theme of Respect Life Month October 3, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Each year the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month, which calls Catholics “to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between,” said the chairman of the bishops’ pro-life committee.
Archbishop Lori joins young pilgrims in welcoming World Youth Day Cross, Marian icon August 29, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry “Our country is far from perfect, but to many it is a beacon of hope and freedom,” Archbishop Lori said.
World must not forget suffering of Ukraine and its people, says prelate August 10, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News “We plead with the international community not to neglect Ukraine and that we not be left alone with a much bigger and more powerful aggressor,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, Ukraine.
