5th Circuit urged to keep injunction in place on HHS transgender mandate August 9, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments Aug. 4 in Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra, a challenge to a federal mandate that requires doctors to perform gender transition procedures even if this violates their conscience and medical judgment.
Cardinal Tomko, oldest member of College of Cardinals, dies at 98 August 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died Aug. 8 in Rome at the age of 98.
Vatican reports $3.3 million deficit was significantly less than expected August 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros ($34 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of just 3.3 million euros ($3.36 million).
Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip August 8, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See.
Be vigilant to God’s presence in life, pope says August 8, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Christians should not only face life’s challenges without fear but also not be overcome by the temptation to remain idle to the Lord’s presence in those moments, Pope Francis said.
Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers announcer and lifelong Catholic, dies at 94 August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, best known for his 67 seasons calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles Aug. 2. He was 94.
Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal August 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Thousands of Knights of Columbus members and their families were welcomed to Nashville Aug. 1 for the 140th annual Supreme Convention of the Catholic fraternal men’s organization with a private concert at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House.
Catholic Extension launches program for Uvalde children in wake of shooting August 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Chicago-based Catholic Extension launched the first of many initiatives it has planned over the next 18 months to support Uvalde, Texas, following the devastation of the Robb Elementary mass shooting.
Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump August 2, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.
Bucharest Archdiocese welcomes order to demolish building near cathedral August 1, 2022By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of a 23-story office building overshadowing Bucharest’s Catholic cathedral, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.
Pope says residential-school policy was part of ‘genocide’ plan July 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope Francis said.
Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities July 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages.
