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Catholic schools’ free lunch funds jeopardized by Biden LGBT rule change
by Edie Heipel, Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 18:00 pm Catholic school leaders need to be aware that their schools could be cut off from the federal government’s free and subsidized lunch program if their policies don’t comply with the Biden administration’s revised rules against LGBTQ discrimination, …
Kansas woman arrested after allegedly striking pro-life teen ‘with fists’ to the head
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 05:00 am Grace Hartsock was knocking on doors to encourage Kansas citizens to vote for a pro-life amendment when, she says, she was attacked. The 18-year-old from Austin, Texas — a rising freshman at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas — walked away …
Will Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act work? Here’s what cash-strapped families need to know
by Edie Heipel Washington D.C., Aug 10, 2022 / 03:00 am President Joe Biden is poised to sign the $485 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law later this week, promising Americans relief from the rising cost of food and other necessities. But the massive spending bill is drawing criticism from …
What is the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life?
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 09:47 am A controversy over a book and statements made on Twitter has recently drawn increased attention to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. In late June, the academy’s official Twitter account began promoting a Vatican-published book synthesizing a 2021 seminar on ethics, …
Drive-by gunshots target Denver-area Catholic church
by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Aug 8, 2022 / 17:30 pm A gunman shot at a Denver-area Catholic church in separate early morning incidents Saturday and Monday. No one was hurt, but one estimate suggests the gunshots caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Parish staff stressed the …
Lightning strike causes major fire damage to historic Illinois Catholic church
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2022 / 15:10 pm A lightning strike caused a roof fire Monday that severely damaged a historic Catholic church in Rockford, Illinois, and left three firefighters injured, authorities said. The Rockford Fire Department determined that lightning set the roof on fire, Mike …
Meet Michael McGivney Schachle, the miracle baby who helped make his namesake a Blessed
by Joe Bukuras Nashville, Tenn., Aug 7, 2022 / 04:00 am Seated in a small black wagon pulled by his father, 7-year-old Michael McGivney Schachle happily rolled along the hallways of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville last week, innocently unaware that people were staring at him …
Archie Battersbee, 12, dies after being taken off life support against his parents’ wishes
by Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 7, 2022 / 06:40 am Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old British boy whose family waged an unsuccessful legal fight to stop his doctors from disconnecting him from a ventilator, died Saturday. “Can I just say I’m the proudest mum in the world — such …
August 8: St. Dominic
On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, also known as Dominicans. “This great saint reminds us that in the heart of the Church a missionary fire must …
U.S. bishops urge support for mothers and babies after Biden abortion executive order
by Carl Bunderson Denver Newsroom, Aug 5, 2022 / 11:42 am Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the U.S. bishops’pro-life chair, on Friday called on President Joe Biden to increase support and care for mothers and children. The Aug. 5 message was in response to an executive order from the president …
