In chilly Minnesota, archbishop has warm welcome for Super Bowl visitors
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda may be a Pittsburgh native, but like a true Minnesotan, he began a welcome video for Super Bowl visitors talking about the weather. "The weather here [...]
Program develops leaders for Catholic schools in U.S. mission dioceses
CHICAGO (CNS) -- At a time when many Catholic schools are struggling with enrollment, fighting to survive and at times shutting their doors, Catholic Extension and Loyola Marymount University have teamed up to strengthen Catholic [...]
Trump immigration plan’s impact on family ‘deeply troubling,’ says bishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee said Jan. 30 that the Catholic bishops welcomed the Trump administration's proposal to give "Dreamers" a path to citizenship, but at the same time, [...]
DACA youth worry immigration deal for them will unleash fear for others
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Young adults waiting to hear whether lawmakers will grant them the opportunity to stay in the country legally said they don't want Congress to offer an immigration deal that will help them [...]
Brownback OK’d as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Catholic, to be the new U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom in the U.S. Department of State. Nominated to the post in [...]
Update: USCCB president calls for prayer after pair of school shootings
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston called for prayers for the victims killed and injured in a pair of school shootings in Kentucky and Texas. In a statement released Jan. 23 after [...]
Update: Sacramento auxiliary named to succeed retiring Stockton bishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, and named Auxiliary Bishop Myron J. Cotta of Sacramento, California, as his successor. Bishop Blaire, a native of [...]
Bishops consider plans to revitalize appeal of a Catholic education
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops are looking to "transform" Catholic schools in response to decades of declining enrollment that has forced hundreds of schools to close since 2005. The effort, said the chairman of the [...]
Update: Every child ‘precious gift from God,’ Trump tells pro-life rally
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In remarks broadcast to the March for Life from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump said that his administration "will always defend the very first right in the Declaration of [...]
Cardinal invokes Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in march vigil homily
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a homily at the Jan. 18 Mass that opened the National Prayer Vigil for Life. Like "Pastor King," [...]
Head of March for Life calls abortion ‘social justice cause of our time’
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Charlie Camosy, associate professor in the theology department at Jesuit-run Fordham University, spoke to Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, in advance of this year's annual march in Washington Jan. [...]
March lauded for witnessing to life; participation in ‘9 Days’ urged
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a message of support for the March for Life in Washington, a Vatican official praised "the tens of thousands" of participants for their witness to the "value of every human life" [...]