Several Catholic professional women, as well as an order of women religious, have challenged a controversial graduation speech by NFL player Harrison Butker, during which the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker and devout Catholic opined on (among other topics) the role of women in society, and the church’s teaching on natural family planning.
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Pope Sends Condolences for Death of Iranian President, Foreign Minister
Pope Francis Monday sent condolences to Iran following a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain, assuring of his prayers for their families and the nation.
Rise in Religious Persecution Fueled in Part by Authoritarianism, Says U.S. Watchdog Agency
An increase in religious persecution around the globe was fueled in part by a rise in authoritarianism, according to a recent annual report.
Slovak Catholics at NYC Parish ‘Shocked’ By Shooting of Slovakian PM, Says Pastor
Slovak Catholics at one New York City parish are “shocked” by an assassination attempt on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, the pastor told OSV News.
Mass Remembers Workers Killed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Sailors and Seafarers
The annual “Mass for the Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea” celebrated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington honored the memory of six Hispanic workers who lost their lives in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Southern Route Starts With Joyful Witness Amid Mass, Processions
In the morning of Pentecost at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville, Texas, a large group of Catholics gathered to participate in a solemn Mass that launched the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Juan Diego Route.
National Pilgrimage Launches with 1,000 Following the Eucharist Across the Golden Gate Bridge
Eight young adults embarked on the journey of a lifetime Pentecost Sunday, led by San Francisco’s archbishop holding Jesus in the Eucharist, traveling across the Golden Gate Bridge on the first leg of a more than 2,200-mile evangelizing pilgrimage across America to Indianapolis.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Eastern Route Kicks Off: ‘We Walk Together as the Body of Christ’
Under a cold drizzle, scores of Catholics in New Haven sang and prayed while following the Eucharistic Jesus in procession. This May 18 display of faith marked the first Eucharistic procession of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eastern route.
Northern Pilgrimage Begins With a Call to Holiness and an Intimate Walk in the Woods with Jesus
In full vestments and flanked by pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high the Eucharist in a golden monstrance, making the sign of the cross over the stream that flowed gently from the placid lake behind him. Next to him, a signpost read, “Here 1,475 FT above the ocean, the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.”
St. John’s University Honors Bishop Brennan With a Second Academic Degree
One of the 1,891 recipients of academic degrees at St. John’s University’s Queens campus commencement on May 19 was an alumnus who got his first diploma there in 1984. The graduate then was Robert Brennan, who is now Bishop Robert Brennan upon whom the university conferred a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree these 40 years later.