Pandemic Can’t Stop Adults From Receiving Sacraments
September 9, 2020
Last Spring, about 1,000 people planned to complete sacraments at the Easter Vigil, but it got canceled because of the...
Bill Miller
Father Gioacchino Basile Is Finally Going Home
September 8, 2020
The body of the late-pastor of St. Gabriel’s Church in East Elmhurst, Father Gioacchino Basile, one of the diocesan priests...
Eviction Moratorium Seen As Short-Term Fix That Might Bring Long-Term Problems
September 3, 2020
A moratorium on housing evictions announced Sept. 1 by President Donald Trump will keep thousands of Americans in their homes...
Invalid Baptisms Possible But Rare
September 2, 2020
Catholics in the U.S. are learning about a problem most could never anticipate — the idea that a baptism could...
Only in Print: ‘Shock’ of Pandemic Hit Lay Movements Hard
August 26, 2020
Survivors of COVID-19, or even those who never had it, can still suffer its residual ravages of confusion, isolation, and...
Covington High School Teen, Nick Sandmann, Speaks at RNC
August 26, 2020
Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann told the RNC audience Tuesday that the “full war machine of the mainstream media revved up...
Four More Years? The Incumbents’ Record on the Issues, Including Abortion, Religious Freedom and Immigration
August 26, 2020
President Donald Trump officially became the GOP’s 2020 presidential nominee at the party’s convention this week in Charlotte, N.C. But...
Harris Seen as Progressive Partisan Who Can Pivot
August 17, 2020
Kamala Harris's campaign positions on immigration reform, aid to refugees, and poverty, align with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops....
Bishops Press for Death Penalty Protests Amid New Federal Executions
August 13, 2020
While many Catholic bishops insist that the Church must vigorously oppose the death penalty, not all Catholics agree, with almost...
Critics Hope to Rein In Emergency Pandemic Powers for Cuomo, de Blasio
August 11, 2020
The Legislature voted in March to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo the power to suspend certain laws by executive order during...