Last month, the Dominican Sisters of Amityville and their associates gathered for a week to conduct their Chapter of Affairs – 2012 at the motherhouse to pray together, discuss their gifts and resources and make decisions as to how they will move forward in the Mission of Jesus. Groups of eight or nine spent the […]
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Petition To Save Steubenville Steeple
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (CNS) – The City Council of Steubenville has not reached a final decision on whether it will keep a silhouette of Franciscan University’s chapel in an unofficial city logo. News outlets reported in late July that the city has been threatened with a lawsuit by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which claims […]
Argentine Tradition
A man carries a statue of St. Cayetano during the annual gathering and pilgrimage dedicated to the patron saint of labor and bread in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 6. Thousands of pilgrims flock to St. Cayetano Church annually to show their dedication to the saint and ask for bread, work and peace.
Msgr. King Served Diocese as Chancellor and Vicar General
Msgr. James P. King, who served as the chancellor of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 1965 to 1976 and vicar general from 1979 to 1995, died early on Aug. 1 at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, where he resided since 2002. He would have been 92 on Aug 8. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated […]
Pilgrims Walk 100 Miles For Religious Freedom
ANTIETAM CREEK, Md. (CNS) – Three days and 30 miles into a 100-mile trek to Baltimore from the tiny central Maryland town of Hancock, Laura Dudich lost count of her blisters. “My foot is covered in Band-Aids right now,” said the 17-year-old parishioner of St. Peter Church in Hancock, pausing briefly July 31 as she […]
Cardinal: Congress Must Act on HHS Mandate
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Since the courts will not act quickly enough to protect the religious liberty concerns prompted by the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate, Congress must “address this urgent and fundamental issue before it completes its business this year,” Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo told members of the House and Senate. “Timely […]
Milwaukee’s Bishops Lead Catholic Mourning of Deaths in Sikh Temple
by Brian T. Olszewski MILWAUKEE (CNS) – The killing of six Sikhs Aug. 5 at their temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wis., brought an outpouring of spiritual support from leaders in the Catholic community, as well as a call for the entire community to examine violence in U.S. culture. Assuring the Sikh […]
Father Frawley Named Interim CEO
Following the unexpected passing of President and CEO Mark L. Lane on July 22, Fidelis Care has appointed Father Patrick J. Frawley, the company’s current executive vice president and chief operating officer, to serve as interim CEO. Father Frawley, a Brooklyn priest, joined Fidelis Care in 1996 and will lead the company, which is the […]
Beyond Stereotypes
The sad history of hostility and even violence among people with different religious and socio-cultural views continues. Some of it is rooted in the ignorance and fear some persons or groups have of others whom they perceive as different from them. From what is being reported, those peaceful, law-abiding families who went to their Sikh […]
Judge Rules In Favor of Conscience
by Tim Puet DENVER (CNS) – A Colorado firm owned by a Catholic family won a temporary injunction July 27 against enforcement of the Department of Health and Human Services’ contraceptive mandate. Senior Judge John L. Kane Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado said the HHS requirement that employers provide […]