A retired FBI agent will head up the U.S. bishops’ consultative safe environment body, while a clergy abuse survivor, a nursing professor and two clinical social workers are also among the board’s Aug. 1 appointments.
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Diocesan Holy Doors will not be feature of Jubilee 2025, Vatican says
While bishops around the world are asked to designate their cathedrals or other significant churches as special places of pilgrimage and prayer for the Holy Year 2025, the Vatican is not asking them to dedicate and open a “Holy Door” at those churches.
Detroit procession for Blessed Solanus Casey on feast day celebrates his humility, virtues
Blessed Solanus Casey serves as a role model for offering disappointments up to God and bearing wrongs patiently, Bishop Robert J. McClory of Gary, Indiana, told the faithful gathered at St. Bonaventure Monastery to celebrate the porter’s feast day.
NYC Catholic high school students to make mission trip to Maryland First Fruits Farm ministry
Twenty-nine rising sophomores at Xavier High School in New York City will soon embark on an ecumenical mission trip with First Fruits Farm ministry in Freeland, Maryland.
Loyola invites Baltimore community to participate in spiritual program
Loyola University Maryland’s Office of Mission Integration is inviting members of the Baltimore community to participate in a program of spiritual exercises and prayer inspired by St. Ignatius Loyola. The nine-month program will begin in September.
Senate fails to advance bipartisan tax bill with poverty-fighting child tax credit
The U.S. Senate on Aug. 1 failed to advance a bill that would have expanded the child tax credit, a provision some Catholic organizations have long sought as a pro-family and anti-poverty effort.
Amid devastation of Israel-Hamas war, miracles happen, says Caritas Jerusalem
The staff of the international Catholic relief arm Caritas Jerusalem are expressing praise and gratitude for God’s seeming miraculous intervention on a Gaza church compound July 29.
Warsaw Uprising, a heroic fight against brutal German terror, was full of saints, says author
The Warsaw Uprising that broke out 80 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, was the biggest organized resistance fight in occupied Europe against the deadly German regime during World War II.
New Ohio law requires public schools to ‘reasonably’ accommodate students’ religious beliefs
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine July 24 signed the Religious Expression Days Act into law, which requires every public school to adopt a policy that “reasonably accommodates” the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of students.
Senate passes major online child safety legislation, but future in House uncertain
The U.S. Senate passed two major online child safety reforms July 30, but the bills face an uncertain future in the House.
All things French
As Catholics, we should stand with our bishops and those around the world when they speak out against the open ridicule of our faith and the blasphemies of our times.
Pope visits amusement park near Rome
Pope Francis visited an amusement park an hour outside of Rome to greet workers, their families and the two nuns providing pastoral care there.