In the chapel of the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis, two inmates celebrated their new life in Christ as they were baptized, confirmed and received first Communion March 4.
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Conscience Protection Omitted From Congress Funding Bill
The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious freedom committees said it was “deeply disappointing” that Congress omitted the Conscience Protection Act from the congressional funding bill for fiscal year 2018.
Chicago Students Join March for Our Lives Against Gun Violence and In Racial Solidarity
While an estimated 500,000 individuals are expected to descend on Washington, D.C. on Saturday for March for Our Lives in protest of national gun violence following last month’s Parkland school massacre, students from two parishes from the Archdiocese of Chicago will be making the trek to the nation’s capitol not only to push for tighter restrictions on guns, but also an act of racial solidarity.
New York Cardinal says Democratic Party has ‘Slammed the Door’ on Catholics
The Democratic party has extinguished what was once its pro-life base, according to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York.
Blurring a Photo Changes Truth of Vatican Release
What was meant to be an intellectual tribute to Pope Francis has instead become the backdrop to the latest tempest over transparency and this pontificate.
Stigmata of St. Francis
St. Francis of Assisi’s reception of the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, at La Verna in Italy and its depiction by artists beginning in the 15th century is the focus of a National Gallery of Art exhibit.
Prayer, Solid Teamwork Clinches Wins for Loyola, Says Nun-Chaplain
A religious sister who is the longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team credited the pre-game prayer and the players’ solid teamwork for the Ramblers’ thrilling last-second 64-62 win over the University of Miami on March 15.
Bishop Barron to Google: Search for Meaning Tied to Religion
In a speech on “Religion and the Opening Up of the Mind,” delivered on Tuesday at Googleplex, the main headquarters of the tech industry giant, Bishop Barron said there’s an explicit connection between the modern world’s constant quest for immediate answers and the question of God.
Cardinal Dolan Hopes Supreme Court Will Uphold Free Speech
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities said March 20 that he prayed the Supreme Court would “do the right thing and uphold our fundamental right to free speech” when it decides a case examining freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers.
Engaging Hispanic Youth, Eliminating Segregation Are Goals of Encuentro
Dr. Hosffman Ospino, one of the U.S. Church’s leading experts on Hispanic Catholics who is deeply involved in the Fifth National Encuentro for Hispanic Ministry, says the rest of the country must harness the potential of Hispanic Catholics or risk losing the future of the U.S. Church.