A Nov. 6 announcement from the U.S. bishops’ conference about next month’s national religious retirement collection came with a chilling warning that a very small percentage of religious communities actually have enough money to care properly for their elderly members.
Author: John Lavenburg
Bishop Brennan Holds Mass of Reparation at Annunciation After Music Video Desecration
On Saturday, Nov. 4, Bishop Robert Brennan presided over a Mass of Reparation at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, after the desecration of the church during the filming of a music video.
Vicar for Development Removed Over Music Video Filmed in Church
WILLIAMSBURG — Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello was removed as the Diocese of Brooklyn’s vicar for development on Nov. 3 after a provocative music video was shot at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn, where he is pastor. Pop musician Sabrina Carpenter released a music video to her song “Feather” on Oct. 31, which […]
Cardinal Dolan Denounces Acts of Religious Hatred in U.S. Amid Gaza War
With acts of religious hatred on the rise in the U.S. since the Hamas attacks on Israel in early October, New York’s cardinal, who also leads a U.S. bishops’ committee on religious liberty, has said that such instances “shock the conscience.”
Ahead of Key Abortion Vote, Ohio Archdiocese Reports Growing Vandalism
Ahead of a important abortion vote in Ohio, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati says there have been multiple incidents of vandalism, including thefts of yard signs opposing the pro-abortion measure, at archdiocesan schools, churches and cemeteries.
Bishop Blasts ‘False Narrative’ Behind Texas Anti-Immigrant Policy
With Texas on the verge of allowing state police to arrest migrants and order them back across the border, the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Migration chair has criticized both the “false narrative” he believes the policy would accentuate, and the hardship it would force on migrants.
Bishops Urge Catholics to ‘Not Grow Weary’ in Praying for Peace, Justice in Middle East
As the war in Israel rages on, the chair of the U.S. bishops’ conference International Justice and Peace Committee is urging Catholics to “not grow weary” in praying for a just outcome.
As Maine Mass Shooter Is Hunted, Local Bishop Asks Prayers for the Dead and Injured
After 18 people were shot and killed by a gunman across multiple locations in Lewiston, Maine, late on Oct. 25, Bishop Robert Deeley of Portland, Maine, is calling for prayers for the victims of the attacks and the law enforcement officials who’ve responded.
Cardinal O’Malley Calls on Boston Parishes to Step Up Amid Migrant Crisis
Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston is encouraging parish communities across the archdiocese to help respond to the area’s migrant influx, calling it “a major humanitarian and societal crisis that is building in the state of Massachusetts and within our archdiocese.
Oklahoma AG Sues in Effort to Block Catholic Charter School
After the attorney general of Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against the nation’s first religious charter school on grounds that its establishment violates state and federal religious liberty protections, the school has responded that the suit “twists the law of religious liberty beyond recognition.”