Divided court examines if religious schools exempt from discrimination laws May 12, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News In oral arguments May 11, the Supreme Court examined, and seemed divided about, laws governing church and state in its look at two California Catholic schoolteacher firings where the teachers claimed they had been victims of job discrimination.
Mount de Sales Academy readies performing arts center May 12, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The arts center is part of the capital campaign’s Phase III. It will cost approximately $10 million.
Like everyone else, religious lean on tech in time of COVID-19 May 12, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Until churches and schools reopen and people can gather again, however, technology is the next best way to connect, not just for laypeople, but those living in religious communities.
Sister Patricia Kelly, MSBT, served Severn parish May 11, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries While most of her ministry was spent in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Sister Patricia also served St. Bernadette Parish in Severn from 1982 to 1987.
Response grows to those out of work, on front lines during crisis May 10, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Works of Mercy The COVID-19 pandemic has taken lives and strained healthcare workers. It has shuttered businesses, putting more in a hand-to-mouth existence and further burdening food banks and soup kitchens. Fortunately, many are doing something to stem those needs.
German church leaders recall end of WWII, urge commitment to peace May 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, World News In a joint service marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Christian churches in Germany issued a call for a commitment to work for peace, reported the German Catholic news agency, KNA.
Former principal of Archbishop Curley installed as Atlanta’s archbishop May 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, World News In the silence of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, a former principal of Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, was installed May 6 as leader of the 1.2 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Bishops say Our Lady of America apparitions were not supernatural May 7, 2020By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: News, World News Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, and five other bishops have concluded that alleged apparitions of Our Lady of America — said to have taken place more than six decades ago — were not of supernatural origin.
Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia May 7, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Belgium’s Brothers of Charity have cut ties with their 15 homes for psychiatric patients after the Vatican stripped the institutions of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises.
U.S. Catholic schools move to avert fiscal disaster amid pandemic May 7, 2020By Tom Tracy Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News Catholic schools in the U.S. are busy trying to avert fiscal calamity by turning to government emergency support, online appeals and campus virtual tours to prop up next year’s enrollment.
Divided court reexamines insurance coverage of contraceptives May 7, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided May 6 over Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.
Coronavirus closes Catholic schools in Baltimore Archdiocese for remainder of school year May 6, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced May 6 that all Catholic schools in the archdiocese will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
