The Knights of Columbus has announced an initiative designed to bring the Knights into closer cooperation with parishes. “We will use our resources of time, talent and money to strengthen parish-based and parish-sponsored programs,” Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said.
As the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision approached, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities urged everyone concerned about “the tragedy of abortion” to recommit themselves to a “vision of life and love, a vision that excludes no one.”
The Diocese of El Paso has scrapped plans for a border Mass that would have taken place at the same time as the closing Mass of Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico in February.
“Nostra Aetate” uprooted previous Church teachings and charted a new course for the relationship between Jews and Catholics in a bold, unequivocal, radical way, Rabbi Daniel F. Polish said.
A new law is set to protect students in non-public schools, including 34 eligible Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
If you flipped on the television around this time last year, you may have caught a glimpse of Stacey Jackson alongside religious sisters in an episode of “The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns,” a Lifetime network reality series following five women as they discerned the religious life.
A Massachusetts judge ruled that a Catholic high school discriminated against a man because of his sexual orientation after the school officials rescinded a job offer upon learning he was in a same-sex marriage.
The Nebraska Catholic Conference has urged people to support a proposal being considered by the Nebraska School Activities Association that would formalize the current practice of basing high school sports participation on students’ sex at birth.
Father Bill Cunningham was more than just long-haired, motorcycle-riding Detroit priest, he was a man on a mission to save his city. His former student, Jack Kresnak, tells the priest’s story in his new book, “Hope for the City.”
Bob Simon fell in love with two things at the age of five – the Catholic Church and building with LEGO bricks. Now, as a 51-year-old priest, Father Simon has discovered a way to merge both of these passions.
