Dear Editor: I would caution church officials when standing on church stairs at the invitation of New York City politicians to announce such newly introduced legislation as that affecting undocumented people in our City. Apart from the divisiveness of this issue, the City has enacted a bill which does nothing more than abrogate and stand […]
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Long Live Christ the King!
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In 1925, Pope Pius XI established a new feast to end the liturgical year, the Feast of Christ the King. That time in history had seen the rise of the totalitarian systems, such as communism and socialism, which infringed on the free practice of the faith. Because […]
Despite Revisions, Bishops Object to Healthcare Rules
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urged the federal government “to reconsider” its new rules to allow religious institutions – and potentially some for-profit companies – to opt out of the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Talk at Synod Is Frank
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis opened the first working session of an extraordinary Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, urging participants to speak fearlessly and listen humbly during two weeks of discussion of the “pastoral challenges of the family.”
Natural Way for Family Planning
The Church throughout the U.S. has just completed a special week dedicated to promoting the true meaning of Natural Family Planning (NFP).
After Hobby Lobby, the Sky Has Not Fallen!
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, said that the owners of Hobby Lobby, the Green family – devout Christians – are free to run their business according to their religious beliefs.
Controversial Topics on Family Synod Agenda
The working document for the October, 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a “widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis” of the family.
Liberty and Justice for All
This week, we celebrated the Fourth of July, the remembrance of the beginning of the independence of the United States of America. Contemporaneously, Catholics in the U.S. have been asked to observe a fortnight for religious liberty, which began on June 22, the Feast of St. Thomas More, the martyr for religious freedom during the reign of King Henry VIII.
Court Rules Notre Dame Must Supply Contraceptive Coverage
CHICAGO (CNS) – The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., must provide free coverage of contraceptives as required by the federal health care law despite its moral objections to doing so, said a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling that denied the university an injunction against enforcement of […]
Religious Freedom Under Siege
by Maria Wiering BALTIMORE (CNS) – Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore held up statesman Sargent Shriver and other Catholics like him as “a living example of how faith enriches public life” June 21 at a standing-room-only Mass opening the second Fortnight for Freedom. “Faith serves the public life not only by the sheer magnitude […]
