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Gossip is tool of the devil to divide the church, pope says

September 8, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News

Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the church.

Pope accepts resignation of bishop-designate of Duluth, following accusation

September 8, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Father Michel J. Mulloy — who had been appointed but not installed as bishop of Duluth, Minnesota — after an allegation of sexual abuse was raised against him from the 1980s when he was a priest in South Dakota.

On Labor Day, remember sacrifices of essential workers, archbishop says

September 4, 2020
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Feature

This Labor Day carries a sobering significance. We are painfully aware of the sacrifices that “essential” workers have made, Archbishop Lori says.

Pandemic forcing Baltimore fundraisers to go virtual, drive-though

September 4, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Religious orders, institutions, parishes and schools are making creative adjustments to fundraisers in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Profit over safety, especially in pandemic, ‘unjust,’ says Labor Day statement

September 4, 2020
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News

Given the “somber” realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, for companies to put profits over safety is “unjust,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.

Paycheck Protection Program ‘helped bridge the gap’ allowing parishes to adapt, employees say

September 3, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News

Many employees of the archdiocese credited the federal Paycheck Protection Program with helping parishes – many of which were already struggling financially – weather the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting for Lebanon

September 2, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis has asked Catholics and all people of goodwill to observe Sept. 4 as a day of prayer and fasting for Lebanon.

Bishop Lewandowski’s formative years colored by rural pursuits

September 2, 2020
By Erik Zygmont
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News

Bishop Bruce Lewandowski and his siblings, Mary, Paula and Joseph, grew up on six acres of farmland in Lima, Ohio, with their parents, Robert and Frances.

Highlandtown cheers as ‘Padre Bruce’ becomes Bishop Lewandowski

September 1, 2020
By Daniel Zawodny
Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News

Sagrado Corazón de Jesús parishioners laud Bishop Bruce Lewandowski as a unifying influence in one of the most diverse parishes within the archdiocese.