Less than a week after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive requirement, the court released an order requesting that additional briefs be submitted showing if and how contraceptive insurance coverage could be obtained by employees through their insurance companies without directly involving the religious employers objecting to this coverage.
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda to head the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Coadjutor archbishop of Newark since 2013, Archbishop Hebda has been apostolic administrator of the Minnesota archdiocese since last June.
Mother Angelica, who founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and turned it into one of the world’s largest religious media operations, died March 27 at age 92.
During oral arguments March 23 at the Supreme Court, attorneys on both sides of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive requirement examined how the mandate either violates or strikes a balance with religious freedom.
A former editor of San Diego’s diocesan newspaper has found a different medium for spreading the Gospel message. Cy Kellett, who was editor of The Southern Cross for a decade, is now the host of “The Bright Side With Cy Kellett” on Immaculate Heart Radio. ,
This fall, the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., is establishing a college seminary in response to growing interest in priestly vocations.
Crux, an online news feed about the Catholic world established by the Boston Globe, will get a new partner effective April 1 after the Globe announced it would cut ties with Crux.
Expert said that parents who don’t supervise their children’s online activity and mobile device usage might as well be dropping off their kids at an adult bookstore filled with dangerous strangers.
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., has criticized a Georgetown University student group’s invitation to the president of Planned Parenthood to speak on campus.
Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila described leading 1,800 Catholics in a eucharistic procession around Planned Parenthood in Denver as “truly a moment of grace, a moment of blessing.”
