Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO ‘deeply regrettable,’ CHA says July 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News The Catholic Health Association July 7 said it was “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization during a global pandemic.
New York Archdiocese closes 20 schools; six more close in Brooklyn Diocese July 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Twenty schools in the Archdiocese of New York will not reopen in the fall because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Pope: Migrants seeking new life end up instead in ‘hell’ of detention July 10, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help — as Jesus commanded — the people God has placed in their path.
Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital July 9, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After more than a year of preliminary studies and three difficult operations, a medical team at the Vatican-owned pediatric hospital successfully separated conjoined twin girls.
Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother’s funeral virtually July 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools July 8, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be sued for job discrimination in firing teachers.
Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage July 8, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.
New report says Iraqi Christians could face extinction July 7, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need. The report, “Life after ISIS: New Challenges for Christianity in Iraq,” is based on a survey of Christians in the liberated Ninevah Plains. With anticipated […]
Movie Review: ‘The Outpost’ July 7, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News With a commendable sensitivity to both the inanities and the unrelenting raw horror of combat — and careful attention to the emotional lives and steadfast valor of soldiers — “The Outpost” (Screen Media) seems likely to become an instant classic of the war-film genre.
What Father Tolton might say about today’s racial injustices July 7, 2020By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Saints, World News CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Augustus Tolton, the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, would likely be disappointed by what he sees going on in the United States today, said Father David Jones, pastor of St. Benedict the African Parish in Chicago. “I think ‘disappointed’ is a key word. I think people can […]
Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production July 7, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Human health, peace, security and progress would be better served with a complete end to the production of weapons worldwide, said members of a Vatican task force.
Soto: ‘Strenuous labor’ of ending racism shouldn’t be ‘toppled’ by looting July 7, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant “to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California’s past,” but “this act of vandalism does little to build the future,” Bishop Jaime Soto said July 5.
