Pope prays for peace in Afghanistan as Taliban takes control August 16, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, Vatican, World News “I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in Afghanistan. I ask all of you to pray with me to the God of peace, so that the clamor of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue,” the pope said Aug. 15.
U.S. Cardinal Burke on ventilator, ‘serious but stable’ August 16, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has been hospitalized and put on a ventilator less than one week after telling people he tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Archbishop says Berlin Wall was a Good Friday in German history August 13, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholics and Protestants gathered Aug. 13 to remember the day in 1961 when their city was divided, becoming a symbol of the Cold War.
Shrine honoring Blessed Stanley Rother hits milestone as dome set in place August 13, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Construction of a shrine honoring an American priest who was killed while serving in Guatemala reached a milestone with the installation of a massive dome.
‘Never forget,’ says foundation CEO who lost firefighter brother in 9/11 August 13, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: 9/11, Feature, News, World News The foundation helps the spouses and children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty, and for many of these families pays off their remaining mortgage.
Cardinal holds officers, their families ‘in prayer,’ decries gun violence August 13, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago offered prayers for slain police officer Ella French and her family and friends “as they cope with the terrible reality that their loved one was taken from them in another act of senseless violence.”
Federal judge sides with Catholic school over guidance counselor’s firing August 12, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A federal judge sided with an Indianapolis archdiocesan high school and the Indianapolis Archdiocese in a lawsuit filed against them by a former guidance counselor whose contract was not renewed because of her same-sex marriage.
Catholic agency helps resettle Afghan translators who aided U.S. forces August 12, 2021By Zoey Maraist Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News When U.S. service members were in a foreign land, unsure of the way and unable to speak the language, brave locals came to their assistance. Now, the Afghans who served as interpreters and guides for the U.S. military need help adjusting to a new country.
A possible miracle may be attributed to Tennessee priest’s intercession August 12, 2021By Dan McWilliams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News As Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, presided at a memorial Mass and reentombment of the body of Father Patrick Ryan at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, a possible miracle attributable to the Chattanooga priest may already be in the works.
First Nations, Catholics work at North Vancouver residential school site August 12, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Three First Nations are working with the Archdiocese of Vancouver to look for remains of at least 12 students who attended the former St. Paul’s Indian Residential School.
Body of priest who ministered to yellow fever victims exhumed in Tennessee August 11, 2021By Dan McWilliams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News At 10:50 on the morning of July 27, Father J. David Carter’s voice rang out at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chattanooga: “We are about to lift the coffin from the grave.” And with that, the sainthood cause of Father Patrick Ryan, who has the title “Servant of God,” took a crucial step, as the exhumation of his remains for reentombment at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul could proceed.
Coakley: Senate bill covers many needs, but must not allow abortion funding August 11, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate makes “historic investments” in transportation, climate change mitigation, job creation, expanded internet access and other areas, but several issues still need attention, said the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee chairman.
