Leaders from three national Catholic organizations want the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s current eviction moratorium to continue for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Speakers Describe Equality Act Problems for Catholics
The Equality Act would dramatically expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. But proponents held a recent webinar to explain how this act severely damage to religious freedom in the U.S.
State Assembly Considers Bill to Allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide
There are nine states in the United State that allow physician-assisted suicide and pro-life supporters are determined to make sure New York doesn’t become the 10th.
Winner of America’s Highest Catholic Award Walks Her Own Talk
Carla Harris started her career on Wall Street in 1987, the same year the celebrated Oliver Stone movie that made “greed is good” a national mantra premiered. As Harris recalls it, the actual demography of Wall Street at the time wasn’t much different from Stone’s casting — there were so few Black managing directors that she knew them by name, and only a handful of women in the role as well.
With Minneapolis Trial Ahead, Catholics Pray for Peace, Fear More Unrest
Just before 8 a.m. March 22, nine people gathered outside St. Olaf Parish in downtown Minneapolis in a garden dedicated to St. Francis to pray that saint’s famous prayer: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.”
Holy Water Fonts Adapt to Pandemic Times
Holy water fonts have remained dry since churches in Brooklyn and Queens reopened on May 26, due to health and safety measures. However, companies and entrepreneurs have gotten creative while expressing their faith by building touch-free holy water font dispensers.
‘We Are Here for the Unborn,’ Activist Says at Gift of Life Walk
Speakers at the 2021 International Gift of Life Walk-NYC, March 25, called attention to the statistic that more than 62 million babies disappeared via abortion since 1973, the year Roe v. Wade determined that abortion was a constitutionally protected “right.”
New Staten Island Ferry Will Bear Name of a Revered Catholic Activist
Already a servant of God, Dorothy Day has long been revered by Catholics for her social activism. Now, with the announcement that a new Staten Island ferry will bear her name, thousands of ferry patrons will also recognize her name on a daily basis.
Asian-American Bishop Says No Shortcut to Ending Racism in US
Bishop Oscar Solis of Salt Lake City gets the sense that people want to “shortcut” the result of eliminating and eradicating racism, and don’t put in the effort necessary to create change.
Virginia Becomes the First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty
Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia signed a bill on Wednesday that officially ended the death penalty in Virginia. Twenty-two states have banned the death penalty before, but Virginia becomes the first one in the South to abolish capital punishment.