When he was running for re-election in 1992, President George H.W. Bush told Catholic News Service that he believed that a strong religious faith could provide “an extra shot of strength when you need it.”
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Ethicist: Gene-Editing Human Embryos ‘A Train Wreck’
The revelation in late November that a Chinese researcher had edited genes in human embryos and then implanted them in a woman was “a train wreck of a thing to do,” said an ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania High Court: Names in Redacted Grand Jury Report Can’t Be Released
In a 6-1 decision Dec. 3, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the identities of some clergy accused of abuse that were redacted from a grand jury report issued in mid-August must remain permanently blocked from release.
Illegal Drug Makers, Dealers are Traffickers of Death, Pope Says
Everyone must help in the fight against drugs, particularly governments which are called to confront the “traffickers of death” who produce, distribute or sell addictive substances, Pope Francis said.
Nation Mourns Death of 41st President, Recalls His Life of Public Service
President George H.W. Bush died on Friday evening in Houston, Texas. He was 94. The news was announced in a statement by his son, former President George W. Bush.
In the End, Management Not Politics Seems Key to Memphis Meltdown
When newly appointed Bishop Martin Holley arrived in Memphis in 2016, one of the first questions he would ask was, “Who are the local dignitaries I should meet?”
‘Spiritual, Not Religious,’ Millennial Finds Freedom in the Catholic Church
Eight years ago, Tyler Blanski was a long-haired denizen of Uptown Minneapolis, a “spiritual, but not religious” Christian hipster. Today, at 34, he’s a Catholic family man, a regular at incensed-enriched liturgies and just published a memoir on his conversion, “An Immovable Feast.”
Memphis’ ‘Dynamic Duo’ a Tale of Heartbreak and Early Exits
At age 11, Msgr. Clement Machado claims the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to him, showing him both heaven and hell and telling him that he would become a Roman Catholic priest.
Authorities Seach Headquarters of Texas Archdiocese for Evidence Against Accused Priest
Officers from several agencies raided the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas – led by the President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Cardinal Daniel DiNardo – on Wednesday in an effort to collect evidence against a priest accused of sexual abuse.
Report: Saudi School Textbooks Promote ‘Intolerance’
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a new report it finds there is “a troubling rise in intolerant content” in Saudi textbooks that promote “hatred and violence” against non-Muslims, women and gay men.