One city’s effort to close the digital divide January 27, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary In 2021, nearly one in four U.S. households did not have an internet connection, according to Reviews.org, a website that evaluates products and services for home internet connectivity.
Cardinal O’Malley: If Roe falls, ‘arduous task of creating pro-life culture’ remains January 21, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Likening the pro-life cause to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston said dreams can take a long time to come true.
Archbishop Lori: Church, its people stand ready to help expectant mothers January 21, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic Church and its people stand ready not only to help expectant mothers bring their pregnancies to term but to assist women who have had abortions, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Filipino American Catholic who escaped Bataan Death March lived a full life January 19, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News At the time of his death at age 93 Dec. 29, Philippines-born Catholic Fame Academia was one of the few remaining witnesses to the Bataan Death March carried out by the Japanese military in the early days of World War II against U.S. and Filipino soldiers.
Catholic refugees from Afghanistan in ‘purgatory’ waiting for visas January 12, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Although the United States left Afghanistan at the end of August, it left behind thousands still affected by the resulting turmoil. Among them is an Afghan Catholic family of five.
Poitier’s roles put civil rights issues on the big screen January 11, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Sidney Poitier had 55 film and television credits dating back to 1947, although his last appearance was 2001 TV movie, “The Last Brickmaker in America.” Many of these films highlighted civil rights issues the United States was wrestling with at the time.
Pope, cardinal offer condolences to victims of Bronx fire that killed 17 January 11, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Pope Francis issued condolences to families of those killed in an Jan. 9 apartment building blaze in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including eight children.
Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to U.S. bishops, dies at 91 December 16, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91.
Catholic Church taking fresh look at ministry on HBCU campuses December 7, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The church is taking a fresh look at ministry at the United States’ historically Black colleges and universities.
Bishops affirm dioceses’ sainthood causes for three U.S. laypeople November 17, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News The U.S. bishops agreed Nov. 17 that the sainthood causes for three laypeople from the United States should be advanced by their respective dioceses.
Proposed Eucharist document needs consensus, dialogue panelists say November 4, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News, Year of the Eucharist The much-awaited proposed statement on the Eucharist from the U.S. bishops is striving for a consensus that may be hard to come by, said a longtime church journalist.
Effort needed to bridge racial divide in church, society, says Black bishop October 12, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The racial divide in American society and within the Catholic Church is one that needs to be bridged so that healing and progress can take place, said retired Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois.
