A six-month search for a new president and CEO for one of the largest humanitarian relief agencies in the world ended at its doorstep, with Catholic Relief Services announcing Sept. 16 that it is hiring a veteran employee – Sean Callahan, as its new president and CEO.
The first Catholic liturgy is believed to have been occurred in Arkansas 475 years ago, but archaeologists are working to authenticate physical proof of that celebration near the St. Francis River, about 40 miles from the Mississippi River.
In a city with the second-highest murder rate and highest violent crime rate in the country, peace can often feel like a hopeless cause in Detroit. But on a warm August night, with thunderstorms looming, at the corner of Gratiot and McClellan Avenues on the city’s east side, peace and prayer were on the lips of Detroiters, friends and strangers alike.
A Sept. 9 letter from USCCB officials to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stressed that a compromise could effectively be reached in the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive requirement.
Not many people know St. Teresa of Calcutta’s first U.S. visit was a trip to Las Vegas in 1960. That tidbit is one of an untold number of facts and perspectives to be gleaned from the Mother Teresa Collection at The Catholic University of America.
Fifteen years after United Flight 93 crashed in an open field in southern Pennsylvania, a small group of Catholics gathered in the stillness of the site to remember the people who sacrificed their lives so that others might live.
Health care got plenty of attention during previous presidential election campaigns, but this time around it is almost like a kid craning to see what is going on while other issues take the front seat.
When it came to championing the faith, G.K. Chesterton fought with “verve and passion, and panache” in his works, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles, Calif. He reflected a deep attitude of love and joy, the bishop said. “Every page of Chesterton is like a bottle of champagne.”
by Beth Griffin, (CNS) – Fifteen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks decimated the twin towers in lower Manhattan, the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center rises out of the ground, a palpable symbol of triumph and optimism. The tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere is the soaring, storied, centerpiece of a 16-acre complex that includes eight other major structures.
Today’s “economic and political forces have led to increasingly lowered economic prospects for Americans without access to higher education, which is having a direct impact on family health and stability,” said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami.
