“I was looking forward to this roundtable discussion, but there was no discussion unfortunately,” Sister Pimentel told The Valley Catholic, newspaper of the Brownsville Diocese.
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As Trump visits border, Texas landowners prepare wall fight
The federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced plans to start construction next month. Rather than surrender their land, some property owners are digging in, vowing to reject buyout offers and preparing to fight the administration in court.
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Congo runner-up claims victory, will file election challenge
Congo runner-up Martin Fayulu announced on Friday he will file a court challenge to the presidential election results.
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Poll: Faith in clergy’s honesty drops among U.S. Catholics
Fewer than a third of U.S. Catholics rate the honesty and ethical standards of clergy as “very high” or “high.”
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Holy Cross Sisters help Ugandan women resist domestic violence
KYENJOJO, Uganda (CNS) — Not all that long ago, family members and residents of this small town in western Uganda mourned the loss of Sarah Baguma, who was stabbed to death by her husband in a domestic wrangle. Her cousin, Rachael Nabirye, told police that Baguma was stabbed six times in her abdomen and head. […]
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Bishop Howze, founding bishop of Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., dies at 95
BILOXI, Miss. (CNS) — Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi and the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese, died Jan. 9. Bishop Howze was 95. “While we are saddened by the death of Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, we rejoice in his life,” said […]
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Father Hans Zollner: A global response to abuse is already underway
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — By summoning leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences and top representatives of religious orders to the Vatican in February to address the abuse crisis and the protection of minors, Pope Francis is sending the message that the need for safeguarding is a global issue. Even though media attention and public fallout […]
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Congo’s surprise election result could face court challenge
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo appeared ready to achieve its first peaceful transfer of power with the surprise victory Thursday of opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi, despite clear signs that a rival opposition leader actually won in a landslide. With no major protests in the capital and limited violence elsewhere in the vast Central African country, […]
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Former New York Times reporter publishes rebuttal to grand jury report on clerical abuse
(RNS) — “Grossly misleading, irresponsible, inaccurate, and unjust” is how former New York Times religion reporter Peter Steinfels describes last August’s Pennsylvania grand jury report in its sweeping accusation that Catholic bishops refused to protect children from sexual abuse. The report from a grand jury impaneled by the Pennsylvania attorney general to investigate child sexual abuse in the […]
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Huge crowd of Filipino Catholics gathers amid terror fears
More than 800,000 devotees attended a Mass and the first few hours of the procession, national police Director General Oscar Albayalde said.