Diaspora and disease: Pope will face pressing issues on next trip abroad August 31, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Hungary and Slovakia could prove to be among his most challenging visits at a time when distrust in government authorities and the looming threat of the delta variant are leading the headlines.
Improving from COVID-19, Cardinal Burke grateful for medical staff, prayers August 30, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Raymond L. Burke thanked health care workers as well as people who have been praying for him as he continues his recovery from COVID-19.
Afghanistan: Pope launches appeal for fasting, prayers for God’s mercy August 30, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With increased violence unfolding in Afghanistan, Pope Francis appealed to all Christians to fast and intensify their prayers.
Pope meets with genocide survivor who inspired his Iraq trip August 28, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq, Aug. 26 at the Vatican.
Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’ August 27, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition procedures on any patient despite any moral or medical objections of the doctor or health care facility.
High court says eviction moratorium illegal, alarming Catholic Charities CEO August 27, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News A national eviction moratorium that protected millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Movie Review: ‘Candyman’ August 27, 2021By John Mulderig Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, World News By the time of its conclusion, “Candyman” has degenerated into a fantasy of racial revenge wholly at odds with Gospel values.
As Afghanistan convulses, Catholic organizations help refugees in U.S. August 26, 2021By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News Faith-based groups, including Catholic organizations, also have been calling on the Biden administration to speed up the evacuations.
High court orders Biden administration to restore Trump-era border policy August 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The U.S. Supreme Court late Aug. 24 said the Biden administration must restore a Trump-era immigration policy known as “Remain in Mexico.”
Roots of Peace founder fears for her nearly 400 employees in Afghanistan August 26, 2021By Christina Gray Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, World News Roots of Peace founder Heidi Kuhn is on a deadline-driven, life-or-death mission to get her nearly 400 employees out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31.
Make sure evacuated kids will be reunited with parents, Vatican paper says August 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses’ mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him, said an editorial in the Vatican newspaper.
Hypocrisy in the church is ‘detestable,’ pope says at audience August 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.
