College degree remains best path for success, says university president November 3, 2022By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News While the U.S. seems divided over a national plan for student loan debt forgiveness, a Catholic university president said that private education produces less student loan debt on average than public colleges.
Collection to be held for U.S. church’s domestic anti-poverty campaign November 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The work supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty campaign, “is empowering communities to build resilience and stand in solidarity with their most marginalized members,” said Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles.
Why not love them both? November 3, 2022By Richard Doerflinger Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Respect Life Pro-life advocates are urging legislators to expand financial and social support for pregnant and parenting women and their families.
Worth more than a thousand words November 3, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News Art has symbolic value, therapist Rita Singer said, and can help get at feelings and concerns that can’t always be expressed in words.
From babies to seniors: Knowing health needs November 3, 2022By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News At every stage of life from birth to senior years, there are different areas of focus for keeping in good health. It’s important to work with your physician to know what health concerns need to be addressed for each new stage of life.
National pro-life essay contest opens for middle and high school students November 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Schools, World News Middle and high school students across the United States are invited to submit an essay sharing their thoughts on protecting the sanctity of human life for the 2022 Pro-Life Essay Contest sponsored by American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program.
NCEA reports quicker academic recovery from pandemic for Catholic schools November 2, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Schools, World News The National Catholic Educational Association says Catholic schools have recovered more quickly from the pandemic than their public school counterparts.
Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day November 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Christians await their death and the final judgment of God, the Gospel tells them what they must do to be welcomed into heaven: love others because God is love, Pope Francis said.
Father Doyle, a former CNS columnist and Albany, N.Y., pastor, dies at 82 November 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Father Kenneth Doyle, who wrote the popular Catholic News Service “Question Corner” column for the last 11 years and had served as the CNS Rome bureau chief in the early 1980s, died Oct. 28 at Teresian House in Albany. He was 82.
Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Foundation begins search for new executive director November 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation announced Oct. 31 its executive director, Kelly Medinger, will leave the foundation at the end of 2022 and the charitable organization is beginning a search for her replacement.
Saints were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes, which made them decidedly out of place in the world, Pope Francis said Nov. 1 before reciting the Angelus prayer.
Supreme Court justices question affirmative action admission policies November 1, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Social Justice, Supreme Court, World News A divided and often skeptical Supreme Court heard two cases Oct. 31 challenging race-conscious policies used in university admissions to obtain diverse student populations.
