world news CoronavirusFeatureNewsRespect LifeWorld News In planning Jan. 29 March for Life, officials mindful of health safeguards Kurt JensenAugust 2, 20204 min read March for Life is, at its core, a bus event for college and high school groups, and restrictions on that kind of travel are still an unknown factor. FeatureNewsReligious FreedomU.S. CongressWorld News Disappearance of Chinese bishop is subject of congressional hearing Mark PattisonAugust 2, 20204 min read “We are saddened by the recent reports that Bishop Su may have died during his recent imprisonment,” said Nury Turkel, a Uighur American who is a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, in testimony during the hearing. Bishop Su, if he is alive, would be 88 years old. CoronavirusFeatureNewsWorld News Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy Catholic News ServiceJuly 31, 20203 min read Human lives and jobs are not the only things threatened by the coronavirus pandemic: In many countries, democracy and efforts to build a more just world also are under attack, said Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsWorld News Faith leaders criticize Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants Carol ZimmermannJuly 31, 20205 min read Faith leaders and immigrant advocates have denounced the Trump administration’s plan to reject first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, and limit DACA renewals to one-year extensions instead of two. FeatureMovie & Television ReviewsNewsWorld News Good films about the ‘Good War’: A viewer’s guide to WWII movies John MulderigJuly 30, 202010 min read Catholic News Service provides capsule reviews about movies on the Second World War. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News U.S. data group: China hacked computers of Vatican, other church entities Catholic News ServiceJuly 29, 20203 min read China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organizations in May. 2020 ElectionCoronavirusNewsWorld News Notre Dame won’t host Sept. 29 presidential debate; venue moves to Ohio Catholic News ServiceJuly 29, 20203 min read The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn as the host site for the first presidential debate, with its president saying the health precautions required because of COVID-19 “would have greatly diminished the educational value” of having the debate on campus. FeatureKnights of ColumbusWorld News Beatification of Father McGivney to take place Oct. 31 in Hartford, Conn. Catholic News ServiceJuly 28, 20204 min read Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be beatified during a special Mass Oct. 31 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. FeatureNewsObituariesWorld News Regis Philbin dies; Catholic TV host logged 17,000-plus hours on tube Mark PattisonJuly 27, 20204 min read Regis Philbin, the Catholic talk- and game-show host whose career in television spanned six decades, died July 24 at age 88 of cardiovascular disease at a hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he lived. FeatureNewsObituariesRacial JusticeWorld News Head of Network remembers Lewis as ‘determined, forceful, thoughtful’ Betty ArayaJuly 27, 20205 min read WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of the Catholic social justice lobby Network, began reflecting on her fondest memories of the late Congressman John Lewis, she could recall one instance in which his body language showed something different than the soft-spoken, yet passionate man she knew. “The last time we really worked […] Previous 1 … 547 548 549 … 583 Next