Women Religious Speak Out on Voting in Amazon Synod
October 11, 2019By Melissa Butz Inside the meeting hall for the Synod on the Amazon, there are 35 women participants in various roles. At […]
Topic: Catholic Church
Pope Francis to Canonize Five New Saints
October 11, 2019By Melissa Butz Tapestries of the faces of the five new saints Pope Francis will name on Oct. 13 now adorn the […]
While Trump Administration Bars Use of Human Tissue For Research, Scientists Are Trying To Push Ahead
October 10, 2019Currents News Staff On Capitol Hill, the Trump administration is barring the use of human tissue for stem cell research. Meanwhile, some […]
Local Leaders Respond to Mother Cabrini Controversy
October 8, 2019CARROLL GARDENS — The outrage over the snubbing of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini by New York City first lady Chirlane McCray’s She Built […]
Bridgeport Bishop Hopes Report on Abuse Brings Healing, Renewal
October 7, 2019By Emily Drooby and Julie Asher WASHINGTON (Catholic News Service) — Retired Connecticut Superior Court Judge Robert Holzberg Oct. 1 released the […]
Supreme Court to Hear Louisiana Abortion Case
October 4, 2019By Emily Drooby The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will now consider a Louisiana law that requires any doctor performing […]
U.S. Secretary of State Meets Pope, Reaffirming Joint Commitment to Religious Freedom
October 3, 2019By Melissa Butz On the morning of October 3, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, head of U.S. Foreign policy, arrived at […]
U.S. and Holy See Convene, Calling for ‘Defense of Religious Freedom’
October 2, 2019By Melissa Butz The Vatican’s old synod hall hosted a U.S.-Holy See collaborated event to promote religious freedom, entitled “Pathways to Human […]
Brooklyn Catholics Honor Saint Thérèse of Lisieux on Her Feast Day
October 1, 2019By Tim Harfmann On October 1, students at St. Catherine of Genoa~Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic Academy honored Saint Thérèse at the […]
Bridgeport Abuse Report Blasts Egan for ‘Clear Message of Unconcern’
October 1, 2019By Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent NEW YORK – A new report chronicling the history of clerical sexual abuse in the […]