by Andy Telli NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) – Supporters of Amendment 1 said the measure to restore Tennessee lawmakers’ authority to regulate abortion passed Nov. 4 because of the backing by Catholic and other religious leaders and their churches. The fight now turns to the state General Assembly, which is expected to consider several bills to […]
By Sarah McCarthy WASHINGTON (CNS) – On a day when Americans are given the opportunity to exercise a right that people in other parts of the world are still fighting for, many of them have chosen, and continue to choose, not to vote. Though this may appear to indicate a sense of apathy among the […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Pope Francis has appointed Father Chad W. Zielinski, a priest of the Diocese of Gaylord, Mich., to be bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska. Bishop-designate Zielinski, 50, is currently serving in the Archdiocese for the Military Services and is on active duty as an Air Force chaplain stationed at Eielson Air […]
By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) – October’s extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family was just one event, but “a tale of two synods” emerged from it, according to the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Speaking to reporters Nov. 10 after the morning session of the USCCB’s annual fall general assembly […]
By Patricia Zapor BALTIMORE (CNS) – Acknowledging that families come with complications, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reminded his fellow bishops that their role is to accompany their family of the Church through their fears and concerns. “Evangelizing means witnessing to our hope in Jesus,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz […]
Other conference panel topics included psychological understandings of the Catholic vision of personhood, the nature of human suffering, theology of the body and atheism, all within the context of applications for clinical practice.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) – Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour of Brooklyn spoke to Belmont University students Oct. 22 about the need for all Christians to respond to persecution with “profound defiance,” which is markedly different from vengeful retaliation or submissive inaction.
The diocese’s Catholic Migration Services is one of only 40 organizations nationwide chosen to receive a citizenship grant from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
AINKAWA, Iraq (CNS) – Sister Habiba’s kindly face is etched with sadness as she surveyed the muddy field where dozens of tents sheltering displaced Iraqi Christians once stood.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A month after closing a Synod of Bishops on the family stirred by controversy over divorce, same-sex unions and other nonmarital relationships, Pope Francis will open an interreligious conference dedicated to traditional marriage.
