U.S. evangelicals get Israeli visas; Catholics want equal treatment September 15, 2020By Judith Sudilovksy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed astonishment that a large group of evangelical Christians from the U.S. received visas to come to Israel to help with the grape harvest in West Bank settlements, while Catholic institutions have not been able to obtain Israeli visas for their volunteers and staff members because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two groups criticize Catholic honor planned for U.S. attorney general September 15, 2020By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and the Catholic Mobilizing Network said they strongly object to an award the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers plan to present to U.S. Attorney General William Barr during the annual breakfast, which is to be livestreamed Sept. 23 from Washington.
Salvadoran university welcomes conviction for ’89 Jesuit murders September 14, 2020By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Jesuit-run Central American University in El Salvador welcomed the verdict of a Spanish court, which convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for the murder of five Jesuit priests in 1989.
‘Faithful Citizenship’ reminder: Gospel cannot be parsed in partisan terms September 11, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document on political responsibility is rooted in the Catholic Church’s long-standing moral tradition that upholds human dignity and the common good of all, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said.
Wisconsin bishop says ‘both sides’ urge response to priest’s ‘divisive’ video September 11, 2020By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News The bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, said Sept. 9 that he has privately begun “applying Gospel principles” to correct a pastor who in a video says Catholics who are Democrats must “repent” of their support for the party or “face the fires of hell.”
Oregon’s fire: Most churches safe, for now, offering shelter September 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News While the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains have been ablaze, creating red apocalyptic skies and leaving five small towns in ashes, most of the churches in the Archdiocese of Portland have not burned and many have offered shelter to thousands of evacuees.
Common good, not greed, must motivate search for vaccine, pope says September 10, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The common good — and not political or economic gain — should be at the heart of the race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, Pope Francis said.
New U.K. survey: 4 percent of Catholics will not return to church after pandemic September 9, 2020By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Only a small minority of British Catholics said they would not return to worship in church when the coronavirus pandemic is fully over, according to a new survey.
Report abuse learned in confession or go to jail, says Australian state September 9, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years in jail.
St. Damien’s relatives speak up against criticism of saint’s statue in U.S. Capitol September 9, 2020By Patrick Downes Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, Uncategorized, World News Upset by the suggestion raised by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, that St. Damien was a white supremacist colonizer, two of the saint’s Belgian relatives, representing his extended family, wrote her an open letter Aug. 20.
Virtual pilgrimage, concrete donation: Holy Land Catholics ask for help September 9, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, asked Catholics around the world to make a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land and make a real donation to support the church in the region.
Gossip is tool of the devil to divide the church, pope says September 8, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the church.
