The head of the Irish bishops’ conference said the government’s move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of Covid-19 regulations was a “potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights.”
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After outcry, White House says Biden will lift refugee cap in May
Biden had announced earlier Friday that he would keep his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year, triggering a backlash from Democratic lawmakers and resettlement agencies.
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Pope Francis criticizes politicians who turn their back on the poor
When political life turns its back on the poor, it “will never be able to promote the common good,” Pope Francis said.
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‘The cathedral is saved’: Notre Dame two years after the devastating fire
Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
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Millions of Americans are behind on rent. So Catholic nuns are stepping up with cash relief to prevent evictions.
Women religious have long ministered to people experiencing homeless or inadequate housing.
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Archbishop Hebda prays for peace following police shooting of Daunte Wright
“I am encouraged and inspired by the pleas for peace that have continued to come from the family of George Floyd” over the Wright shooting, Archbishop Hebda added.
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of US bishop for the first time under new sex abuse protocols
In 2019 Bishop Hoeppner was publicly accused of trying to cover up allegations of sexual abuse against a priest of the diocese. He has denied he thwarted such an investigation.
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Vatican to host major conference on the theology of the priesthood in 2022
The Vatican conference will seek to move away from a theology of the priesthood based on ‘ecclesiastical power’ toward one rooted in the priesthood of all believers conferred at baptism.
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Final Plowshares Catholic peace activist sentenced to prison for nuclear base break-in
“My neighborhood, my family and I have a right to live without a nuclear gun on hair-trigger alert held perpetually to our heads,” Colville told the judge.
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‘How many of us will be left?’ Felician nuns face loss and pain after Covid outbreaks
Around the Felician world, gripping news trickled out from their convent in Livonia, Michigan, last March, of sisters becoming sick and being hospitalized.