Al Smith dinner draws presidential nominees for 75th year; this time dais is virtual October 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News The Catholic vote and the coronavirus subtly headlined the annual fundraiser of the 75th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Oct. 1, livestreamed from the Manhattan residence of New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan due to COVID-19.
Pope tells new Swiss Guards that Christ stands beside them at all times October 2, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis assured them that God always stands by their side, offering them comfort and consolation.
Tomb of young Italian tech whiz opened for veneration October 1, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The tomb of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, was opened for veneration before his beatification in Assisi.
China at center of meeting between Pompeo, top Vatican officials October 1, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News After two weeks of communicating through the media, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin spoke face-to-face about China, the topic of a major difference of opinion.
Expansion of abortion, gender rights loom large in Justice Ginsburg’s legacy September 30, 2020By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Given her prolific output of written opinions both before and after joining the U.S. Supreme Court, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a long legacy of legal thought and analysis for future generations to parse. For many, the abortion debate will loom large in her record.
Late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer awarded Havel human rights prize September 30, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Kizito Mihigo, the late Rwandan Catholic gospel singer, song writer and organist, has been honored with Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent, an international award that celebrates bravery, creativity and artistic innovation against dictatorships.
Pope releases apostolic letter on Sacred Scripture September 30, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, Vatican, World News In an apostolic letter dedicated to Sacred Scripture, Pope Francis said that even today, Christians can learn new things from the countless translations of the Bible that exist.
Catonsville Trinitarian lifts up persecuted Catholics in China September 29, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom, World News Trinitarian Father Stan De Boe recalls meeting a relentless anti-Communist bishop in China who suffered four decades of political imprisonment.
Learning about Pope John Paul I’s life will help dispel myths, niece says September 29, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conspiracy theories and dark intrigue about Pope John Paul I’s untimely death just one month after his election should be set aside and his life and legacy made more widely known, said his niece.
Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School September 28, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation’s highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee September 26, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat. The president said he was honored to nominate Barrett […]
Pope to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality September 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked members of the United Nations how they think they can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and build a more peaceful, more just world when many of their countries spend billions on military weapons and when their treatment of the unborn, of refugees and of women shows so little respect for human life.
