CHA letter to Biden reveals extensive list of health care priorities January 12, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Health Association issued an extensive list of priorities it would like President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to pursue.
Tommy Lasorda, baseball lifer and Hall of Fame manager, dies at 93 January 9, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Tommy Lasorda, who won two World Series titles during his 21-year managerial reign with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became an ambassador for baseball in retirement from the sport, died Jan. 7 in Los Angeles at age 93.
Pelosi references Epiphany and St. Francis as House confirms Biden win January 7, 2021By Mark Pattison Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referenced the Epiphany, St. Francis of Assisi, and also uttered a prayer as the House of Representatives reconvened the night of Jan. 6 to confirm the Electoral College win of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the November presidential election.
Pew report: Catholics, at 20% of population, make up 30% of Congress January 5, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics, although they make up about 20% of the U.S. population, remain at 30% of the new Congress, according to a Jan. 4 report issued by the Pew Research Center. Catholics again are the single largest denomination in Congress, just as they are in the United States. Protestants comprise a majority of […]
Fired EWTN host: ‘I will never, ever, ever have regrets’ talking about race January 4, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Gloria Purvis, who was told after the Dec. 30 broadcast of the EWTN radio show “Morning Glory” that the show was canceled effective immediately, said she has no regrets using the show to discuss racial matters following the police killing of George Floyd last May.
Working group formed to deal with conflicts between Biden policies, church teaching November 18, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address issues surrounding the election of a Catholic president and policies that may come about that would be in conflict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ priorities.
Bishops add COVID-19, anti-racism elements to four-year strategic plan November 17, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Racial Justice, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2020, World News Although the U.S. bishops’ four-year strategic plan was adopted one year ago, it was not scheduled to go into effect until January 2021.
Bishops face the challenge of ‘healing the world,’ Archbishop Pierre says November 16, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2020, World News With the U.S. bishops conducting their annual fall general meeting virtually, the papal nuncio to the United States told them they must join in the “Challenge of Healing the World.”
Christians, Muslims again top list of faiths facing hostility worldwide November 11, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Christians top the list for countries where they face either governmental or social hostility, according to a new report issued Nov. 10 by the Pew Research Center.
Biden quotes priest’s hymn ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ in victory speech November 9, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News “On Eagle’s Wings,” based on Psalm 91 and written in 1976, has taken on a life of its own far beyond the pages of Catholic hymnals.
Peterson’s loss shrinks number of pro-life Democrats in House November 6, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The Election Day defeat of Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, will shrink the number of pro-life Democrats in the House of Representatives by two when the 117th Congress is seated in January.
Poll: Trump lead wanes with white Catholics; Biden has wide edge with Latinos October 15, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News A new presidential poll issued Oct. 15 by the Pew Research Center shows Catholic former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, ahead by 10 percentage points, 52%-42%, over the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump.
