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Football Coach Ousted for On-Field Prayers With Players Gets Job Back
Joseph Kennedy, a high school assistant football coach who was placed on leave eight years ago for praying on the field with players after games, was back coaching again when the team’s practices started on Aug. 16.
As Maui Struggles to Recover, U.S. Parishes Plan Special Collections to Help Relief Efforts
“Recognizing the immediate and growing need for assistance” for Hawaii’s wildfires victims, Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley has called on all parishes in his archdiocese to take a special collection to support church relief efforts in the Diocese of Honolulu in the aftermath of the devastating Aug. 8-9 wildfires.
CLINIC Marks 35 Years of Giving Legal Help to Migrants, Representing Asylum-Seekers at Border
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops in 1988, marked 35 years of service Aug. 18.
Override of N.C. Governor’s Veto Bans Some Transgender Surgeries, Treatments for Minors
North Carolina lawmakers Aug. 16 overrode the governor’s veto of legislation banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures in the state for minors who identify as transgender.
Advocates for Mother Mary Lange Hail ‘Movement’ in Her Sainthood Cause
African American Catholics plan to visit the Vatican in November to promote the cause for Mother Mary Lange, one of six African American Catholics who are candidates for sainthood.
Court: Anti-Abortion Advocates’ Free Speech Rights Were Violated
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit by anti-abortion advocates against the District of Columbia can move forward.
Federal Court: Abortion Pill Availability Should Remain Restricted
A federal appeals court Aug. 16 ruled that access to the abortion drug mifepristone should be restricted because the federal government did not follow proper procedures when it modified regulations to make the pill more available.
In Wildfires Aftermath, Bishop of Honolulu Works to Return Displaced Children to School
As Hawaii continues to grapple with the devastating aftermath of the wildfires on the island of Maui, the Diocese of Honolulu is doing what it can to support the victims and is working to make returning to school possible for young students in the upcoming weeks.
‘Like A Miracle,’ Catholic Church on Maui Survives Killer Wildfire
Amid the ashen rubble on Hawaii’s island of Maui from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, a Catholic Church miraculously survived.