Bioethics questions emerge from experimental drug used in COVID-19 treatment October 9, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The treatment that President Donald Trump has received to fight COVID-19 has turned the focus on an experimental drug that shows promise in combating the coronavirus but is raising ethical questions about the cell line that helped researchers develop the medicine.
Catholic Charities USA pledges to seek passage of new pandemic relief bill October 7, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News The president of Catholic Charities USA said the agency would turn to Capitol Hill to get a pandemic relief bill passed after it called President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend talks on the legislation “heartless.”
‘Faithful Citizenship’ reminder: Gospel cannot be parsed in partisan terms September 11, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility is rooted in the Catholic Church’s long-standing moral tradition that upholds human dignity and the common good of all, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said.
Archbishop Listecki prays for justice during visit to Wisconsin city August 27, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki prayed for peace and healing at several damaged sites during a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the scene of four nights of demonstrations following the police shooting of a Black man.
Prayers at Democratic convention seek compassion for people, planet in peril August 21, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News Prayers offered by a pair of prominent Catholics during the closing night of the Democratic National Convention focused on addressing the needs of people on the margins of society and a planet facing environmental catastrophe.
Notre Dame study examines ‘everyday’ Americans’ attitudes toward abortion July 16, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Americans participating in a study of attitudes toward abortion said they do not typically discuss it, find the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” inadequate, and generally do not consider abortion a “desirable good” for society, according to a University of Notre Dame study.
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century July 15, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News What alarms people such as Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, bishop president of Pax Christi USA, is that the threat nuclear weapons continue to pose to the world is “off the radar screen for so many people.”
Activist ordered to pay restitution for naval base damage during protest June 8, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News One of the seven Catholic peace activists convicted on charges related to entering a naval base in southeastern Georgia and symbolically damaging weapons systems will not return to prison for her role in the protest.
Trump visits shrine on anniversary of St. John Paul II visit to Poland June 2, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington June 2 shortly before he was expected to sign an executive order at the White House to expand U.S. support for international religious freedom efforts.
New emergency aid bill aims to cut most benefits to Catholic schools May 16, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News Catholic leaders expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic that would restrict support for Catholic school students.
CRS unveils hunger awareness campaign as pandemic hinders access to food May 15, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: Coronavirus, Environment, News, World News As tens of millions more people are at risk of acute hunger because of the global coronavirus pandemic, Catholic Relief Services is embarking on a campaign to raise awareness, advocate and raise funds to head off the brewing crisis.
Social justice leaders urge cardinal to step back from praise of Trump May 4, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News Laudatory comments about President Donald Trump by New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan have been blasted in a letter to the prelate from more than 1,500 faith leaders.
