Dennis Sadowski

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Priest weathers Christmas blizzard on fireboat celebrating Mass for two

December 27, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

In the midst of the multiday blizzard that paralyzed parts of western New York, Father Seil, chaplain for the Buffalo Fire Department, had to evacuate the rectory at his parish in the city’s Old First Ward neighborhood on Christmas Eve, then spent the night aboard the department’s fire boat and celebrated a short Mass Christmas morning for crewman Jack Kelleher.

USCCB committee decries rising antisemitism in U.S.

November 30, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News

Members of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs urged Christians to decry hate-filled statements and violence aimed at Jewish individuals, homes and institutions.

Bishops set plan on ‘Faithful Citizenship’ document for 2024 elections

November 17, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News

The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on Catholic participation in public life will get a tweaking rather than a wholesale update, but will be supplemented with a new introductory note, parish bulletin inserts, additional social media and video components.

As USCCB president, Archbishop Broglio says he welcomes meeting with Biden

November 16, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News

The incoming president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is willing to meet with public officials, including President Joe Biden, to discuss public policy issues of concern to the church.

Summit explores role of ethics in development of artificial intelligence

October 28, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Universities around the world are taking steps alongside major technology companies to explore ways to bolster ethics education in the artificial intelligence field in line with an initiative supported by the Vatican.

CRS launches campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change

October 5, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services is kicking off a campaign to build greater Catholic response to climate change and foster greater awareness of how climate change affects vulnerable communities.

Experts urge world to deter Russia from using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

September 25, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News

A former deputy secretary-general of NATO said threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine must be taken seriously.

Synthesis report complete, but bishop finds synodal path is just beginning

September 20, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

While the report summarizing tens of thousands of U.S. listening sessions in the first phase of the Catholic Church’s synodal process has been submitted to the Vatican, the experience of synodality is just beginning.

U.S. synod report finds participants share common hopes, lingering pain

September 19, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Synodality, World News

Catholics across the country continue to feel wounded by the clergy abuse crisis, seek a more welcoming church in which their “lived reality” is prioritized over rules and regulations, and desire lifelong spiritual, pastoral and catechetical formation as disciples, according to a report synthesizing the 10-month synodal process in dioceses.

After U.N. conference, nuclear disarmament advocates look to new strategies

September 11, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News

The 10th Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations headquarters in New York led to widespread consensus on numerous issues related to nuclear safety, but could not satisfy the Russian delegation’s objection even though the document did not mention Russia by name.

Laudato Si’ message gets added attention as Season of Creation opens

September 2, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News

Father That Son Nguyen can be found addressing the concept of integral ecology as expressed by Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”

Catholic agencies say Inflation Reduction Act addresses long-standing goals

August 12, 2022
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Landmark legislation to address climate change, reduce prescription drug costs and establish a minimum tax on large corporations once thought dead but was suddenly passed by the Senate is being hailed by Catholic advocates.