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New Catholic Charities USA head is laywoman with leadership, philanthropy background
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 25, 2023 / 15:50 pm Catholic leadership expert and philanthropist Kerry Alys Robinson will be the next president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the domestic humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S. whose affiliates serve more than 15 million people per …
Police investigate alleged attack on pro-lifers outside DC Planned Parenthood
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 15:27 pm Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation after two pro-life sidewalk counselors were allegedly attacked outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic on July 22. A group of pro-life sidewalk counselors, who were there to encourage women to …
July 26: Sts. Anne and Joachim
On July 26 the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anne. The couple’s faith and perseverance brought them through the sorrow of childlessness, to the joy of conceiving and raising the immaculate and sinless woman who would give birth to Christ. The New …
Bishop Strickland denies wrongdoing, says Vatican inquiry ‘not fun’
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 25, 2023 / 12:00 pm In a recent podcast, Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, denied any wrongdoing related to the Vatican inquiry into his conduct and that of his diocese and said the recent apostolic visitation was “not fun.” The Vatican’s delegates …
Experts speculate on why marriage is declining — and what to do about it
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 11:24 am Support for marriage and marriage rates themselves have sharply declined among young people in recent years, leading experts to offer various explanations for the troubling trends as well as potential solutions to reverse them. Data has long pointed toward …
Report: Leadership of Catholic colleges shifting as religious vocations plummet
By Daniel Payne Washington D.C., Jul 25, 2023 / 13:50 pm The governance of Catholic higher education in the United States is continuing to shift as fewer and fewer of the faithful enter into religious vocations and a growing number of secular directors take over leadership roles in educational institutions. The …
Catholic drug rehabilitation facility begins to take shape in Arizona
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 08:17 am A slow but steady effort to bring an explicitly Catholic-focused rehabilitation facility to Arizona is coming together as a small group of activists works to build the program bit by bit. The Kolbe Mission, based out of Phoenix, is working …
After latest Oklahoma execution, Archbishop Coakley calls for death penalty abolition
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2023 / 13:00 pm Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City responded to Oklahoma’s execution of convicted murderer Jemaine Cannon with a call for the abolition of the death penalty, which he called an “archaic punishment.” Coakley also called for prayers for the condemned …
Baltimore archbishop issues guidelines for Catholic LGBT ministries
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2023 / 11:00 am People who identify as LGBT or gender nonconforming should be served by Catholic ministry that shows charity, sensitivity, understanding, and genuine accompaniment in the light of revelation and Church teaching, Archbishop William F. Lori of Baltimore said in a new …
Now hear this: St. Peter’s Basilica upgrades its sound system
By Rachel Thomas Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2023 / 08:30 am A common struggle for elderly Mass-goers is being able to hear in church. It seems, then, that the unveiling of a new sound system in St. Peter’s Basilica couldn’t have had better timing. It was inaugurated on July 23, after …
