Like 5th Circuit, 8th Circuit strikes down Biden’s transgender mandate December 13, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis Dec. 9 permanently blocked a transgender mandate the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had implemented as a revision to the Affordable Care Act.
Pope praises firefighters’ service, dedication December 12, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis offered a little prayer for firefighters: “Lord, let them not have work.”
Physical vulnerability can be a resource for society, the church, pope says December 12, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians working with people who have a physical disability must be motivated by a sense of solidarity, not pity, and they should promote people’s active participation, not their passive reception of assistance, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Antisemitism shows need for Christian-Jewish understanding December 12, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Decrying what he described as “hostile times” when antisemitism and violence against Christians are on the rise, Pope Francis said a renewed commitment to Catholic-Jewish dialogue is needed.
After vote, House sends Respect for Marriage Act to Biden for signature December 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, U.S. Congress, World News By a vote of 258-169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act Dec. 8 and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Gomez: Virgin of Guadalupe ‘leads us to Jesus,’ who shows way to peace December 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News Our Lady of Guadalupe “always leads us to Jesus, who will show us the way to find peace,” Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said Dec. 4.
5th Circuit block on transgender mandate stands; 8th Circuit ruling pending December 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Luke Goodrich tweeted that the 5th Circuit’s ruling “was a successful step in the fight to protect doctors’ conscience rights,” but added: “The fight continues in the Eighth Circuit, where we expect a ruling soon.”
New report says governments limit, restrict right to assemble peacefully December 7, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Even though the right to protest is guaranteed by international human rights laws and standards, governments keep limiting these laws and restricting such rights, said a new report from rights watchdog CIVICUS Monitor.
USPS ‘Virgin and Child’ stamp features one of world’s most revered images December 7, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Every two years the U.S. Postal Service issues a traditional first-class Christmas stamp showing Mary and Jesus, and this year’s stamp features an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century titled “Virgin and Child.”
Utah Catholic helps ‘Wrap Ukraine with Quilts’ December 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Nadia Molina e is not only praying; she is been putting her talents into action: cutting, sewing and piecing fabric into quilts to help Ukrainian children affected by the war.
For converts to Catholicism, RCIA is now ‘OCIA’: What’s behind name change? December 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops changed the name of one of the best-known acronyms in the church, reorienting the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) into the new Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).
Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow December 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.
