The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite any moral or medical objections of the doctor or health care facility.
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High court says eviction moratorium illegal, alarming Catholic Charities CEO
A national eviction moratorium that protected millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
As Afghanistan convulses, Catholic organizations help refugees in U.S.
Faith-based groups, including Catholic organizations, also have been calling on the Biden administration to speed up the evacuations.
Archbishop Lori calls for prayers in wake of attack in Kabul
Acts of terror are an attack against all of us and have no place in a civilized or just society.
During schools convocation, Tom Alban and Robert Redfield awarded archdiocese’s highest education honor
Two leaders who helped the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools navigate the pandemic were honored with the Doris Musil Award, the highest honor the Catholic school system bestows each year.
High court orders Biden administration to restore Trump-era border policy
The U.S. Supreme Court late Aug. 24 said the Biden administration must restore a Trump-era immigration policy known as “Remain in Mexico.”
Roots of Peace founder fears for her nearly 400 employees in Afghanistan
Roots of Peace founder Heidi Kuhn is on a deadline-driven, life-or-death mission to get her nearly 400 employees out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31.
Make sure evacuated kids will be reunited with parents, Vatican paper says
Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses’ mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him, said an editorial in the Vatican newspaper.
Hypocrisy in the church is ‘detestable,’ pope says at audience
Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.
Push to ban ‘killer robots’ gets a boost from the Vatican and the pope
Among the many threats to human life and dignity, the Vatican is making sure that the widening use of lethal autonomous weapons systems worldwide is not reduced to a natural progression of technology that people learn to accept and live with.
Sprankle honored for service to youths, their leaders
Raised in St. Mark Parish in Catonsville and a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School, Sprankle led youth ministry at St. Mary in Annapolis for 10 years, and has done the same for St. Louis in Clarksville the last 26.
RADIO INTERVIEW: From Baltimore to the Border
Father Brian Nolan talks with Daughter of Charity Sister Liz Sjoberg about a calling that has brought her to Pasadena, MD, Mount St. Mary’s University, and currently at the front lines serving the poor at the U.S.-Mexico border.