Cellphone hacking, tracking cases illustrate growing loss of privacy July 22, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Every subscriber of digital services and smartphones which access personal information should be aware that their actions are no longer “private” — even despite the best efforts and intentions of service providers.
Expertos temen que Cuba responda severamente a protestas recientes July 14, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español A teólogos estadounidenses y expertos en derechos humanos en Cuba les preocupa que, si las protestas generalizadas que se desarrollaron el 11 de julio en la isla se repiten, puedan encontrarse con una pronta y violenta reacción por parte del estado.
Experts fear Cuba is preparing a harsh response to recent protests July 14, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News U.S. theologians and human rights experts on Cuba worried that any repeat of the widespread protests in Cuba on July 11 may be met with a swift, violent set of state-sponsored reactions.
Haitian Catholics in Miami react to assassination of president July 9, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An apparent sense of quiet and shock in Haiti following the assassination of that country’s embattled president July 7 was mirrored in Florida’s Little Haiti neighborhood, where residents were still digesting the news later that day.
Youth at Florida Catholic parish help lead prayers, vigil following tragedy June 29, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After girding themselves with eucharistic adoration, rosary, songs and reflections, the teens, young adults and parish community of St. Joseph stepped out into the night air to solemnly walk to Surfside’s new ground zero.
Makeshift memorial near collapsed condo tower is reflection of humanity June 29, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News There are pictures of children’s faces, retired couples at elegant dinners, a father and son moment, a young married couple, crosses, candles and handwritten prayers on yellow Post-it notes and drugstore greeting cards.
Catholic agency offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ collapse of building June 25, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building.
Dioceses dispute conclusions, methods of AP report on pandemic funding February 8, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News U.S. dioceses are crying foul over an investigative report on coronavirus relief funding they say grossly mischaracterized the Catholic Church’s finances and unrestricted cash flows, leaving the crass impression the church used the 2020 CARES Act to hoard cash.
Historians: Capitol Hill breach damaged U.S. politics January 8, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America.
Critical religious liberty disputes expected for 2021 December 31, 2020By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News History may show that religious liberties under the Donald Trump administration enjoyed an elevated level of support not seen perhaps since the administration of President George W. Bush.
Pro-lifers fear ‘hard-core, pro-abortion forces’ in a Biden administration November 12, 2020By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News If President Donald Trump’s legal efforts to challenge his 2020 reelection results prove unsuccessful and Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States, pro-life advocates are finding no silver linings.
Expansion of abortion, gender rights loom large in Justice Ginsburg’s legacy September 30, 2020By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Given her prolific output of written opinions both before and after joining the U.S. Supreme Court, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a long legacy of legal thought and analysis for future generations to parse. For many, the abortion debate will loom large in her record.