Dioceses dispute conclusions, methods of AP report on pandemic funding February 8, 2021By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News U.S. dioceses are crying foul over an investigative report on coronavirus relief funding they say grossly mischaracterized the Catholic Church’s finances and unrestricted cash flows, leaving the crass impression the church used the 2020 CARES Act to hoard cash.
Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote February 8, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops.
U.S. Senate again fails to pass Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act February 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Failure to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act “shows just how extreme the majority of Senate Democrats are,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.
Kelly to succeed Anderson as Knights of Columbus CEO February 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Patrick Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is the new leader of the Knights of Columbus, succeeding Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who has headed the international fraternal organization as its CEO for more than two decades.
Biden repeats call for unity, says faith can show way forward in dark times February 5, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News For many in the nation, this is a dark time because of job loss, hunger, evictions, sickness and death because of COVID-19, “so where do we turn? Faith” President Joe Biden said, addressing the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 4.
Catholic Health Association launches initiative to confront racism February 5, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the nation’s movement for racial reckoning, the Catholic Health Association of the United States announced an initiative to confront racism in the provision of health care.
CNS’ ‘staying power’ credited to quality coverage of church, its role in world February 4, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, World News A hundred years ago the U.S. Catholic bishops were insightful enough to realize there was a role for a news service to provide accurate information about the church, said Thomas Lorsung, retired director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service.
Russian Catholic urges nation’s bishops to speak out on massive arrests February 4, 2021By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A prominent Russian Catholic urged his nation’s bishops to condemn the mass arrest and beating of protesters, but the Moscow archdiocesan chancellor said the church could not comment on “political matters.”
Movie Review: ‘Our Friend’ February 4, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Under the slightly altered title “Our Friend” (Gravitas Ventures), Teague’s award-winning piece comes to the screen as an emotionally wrenching but ultimately uplifting drama.
John Sweeney dies; child of Irish immigrants was national labor leader February 3, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News John Sweeney, who led the AFL-CIO for 14 years from 1995 to 2009, and headed one of the nation’s largest unions, the Service Employees International Union, for 15 years before that, died Feb. 1 at age 86 at his home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland
Thorough look at Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetry reveals much about his faith February 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, World News Anyone seeking to understand Hopkins’ poetry, particularly its deep spiritual depth, will find “A Heart Lost in Wonder” indispensable.
Christianity without liturgy is absent of Christ, pope says February 3, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The liturgy is not a spectacle to be observed but a prayerful event where Christians encounter Christ’s presence in their lives, Pope Francis said.
