Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo May 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead — a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.
Officials condemn violence, threats after high court leak on abortion case May 10, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Biden administration officials issued a statement against violence May 9 following protests outside the homes of two Supreme Court justices in the Washington area as well as a spate of vandalism and disruptions targeting locales of groups that oppose abortion. Some of them include Catholic churches.
Outside the Supreme Court, Catholics join diverse chorus on abortion May 4, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Crowds arrived in Washington shortly after the online news site Politico published a report late May 2 from a leaked draft opinion signaling that the majority of Supreme Court justices seem set to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 legal decision that legalized abortion in the country.
From refugee to world leader, Madeleine Albright remembered in Washington April 28, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Madeleine Albright was eulogized April 27 at a funeral service at Washington’s National Cathedral by notable friends and family gathered to remember the happy but also turbulent times in the life of the former U.S. Secretary of State, the first woman to hold that position.
Ukrainian Catholic leader to Russian Orthodox Church: Stop Putin’s war March 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States said March 15 that he hoped leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church would “open up and hear the Gospel,” which says, “Do not kill,” and tell Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop killing innocent Ukrainians.
U.S. church offers prayers, solidarity after Russia attacks Ukraine February 24, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, World News As war broke out in Europe Feb. 24, with Russia’s early morning attacks on various parts of Ukraine, Catholics in the U.S. joined Pope Francis in prayers for the people of the East European nation and for peace.
Cardinal says Salvador’s new martyrs are road map to reconciliation January 24, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News A Salvadoran cardinal with a front-row seat to the country’s violent past said many have forgotten the country’s trials and tribulations, including its “fratricidal war,” but it’s necessary to remember the past if El Salvador is ever to attain peace.
Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick’s hearing January 4, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Proceedings before a criminal trial involving former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick will continue March 3 in Massachusetts, where he faces three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s.
Contention over Catholic University icon grows after it’s stolen again December 29, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A second icon of Mary holding Jesus has been stolen from outside a chapel at The Catholic University of America following complaints that the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020.
Bishops’ migration chairman says inaction on immigration ‘cannot stand’ December 23, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The lack of will by politicians to move forward on immigration reform is affecting the lives of 11 million people in the country and something must be done, said the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee.
Catholic sisters make Advent plea to Biden: End ‘immoral’ immigration rule December 7, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News They sang Advent hymns in front of the White House Dec. 3, hoping to get the ear of the president so he could consider lifting what they see as a health rule that hurts people trying to find refuge at the southern border.
After racist comments, Catholic University replaces stolen icon with copy November 30, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: colleges, Feature, News, World News The president of The Catholic University of America said the institution’s law school has replaced an icon of Mary holding Jesus that was stolen after some complained the image of Christ resembled George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020.
