Congress urged to let houses of worship seek FEMA aid after disasters
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lawmakers in Washington were urged to approve a bill introduced in Congress to ensure the fair and equal treatment for houses of worship damaged in natural disasters “by enabling them to seek aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” The chairmen of …
Safe journey: Vatican pushes for global compacts on migration, refugees
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While encouraging Catholics to reach out to migrants and refugees, the Vatican is reaching out to governments as they struggle to work out international policies and principles for dealing with the large number of people fleeing violence and poverty. The …
‘Amoris Laetitia’ is built on traditional Thomist morality, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/La Civilta Cattolica By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Seeing, understanding and engaging with people’s real lives does not “bastardize” theology, rather it is what is needed to guide people toward God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Colombia. “The theology of Jesus was the most real thing of …
Fatima Pilgrimage: Goodbye to Spain
The pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati have finished their time in Spain and are on to Andorra — next stop, Lourdes, France. “The Catholic Telegraph’s” Greg Hartman reported that the second day of the Barcelona leg of the pilgrimage in Barcelona ended on Tibiabo Hill, at the Church of …
Two Celebrations in one at St. Mary of the Assumption
150 year birthday for parish, 1 year for new church The past and the future have converged at St. Mary of the Assumption, now celebrating 150 years of serving the faithful in Warren County. A year ago the parish moved into a new church in Springboro, after outgrowing its building …
US Bishops launch share the journey site
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched a website to help parishes, clergy, and laypeople with Pope Francis’s “Share the Journey” campaign. The two-year campaign launched on Sept. 27 in Vatican City at the pope’s weekly audience is aimed at “to promote encounters between people on …
Priests must understand own weaknesses to really help flock, says bishop
IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas was rector of Mundelein Seminary in the Archdiocese of Chicago in the 1990s when then-Cardinal Joseph Bernardin was falsely accused of sexually abusing a minor seminarian during his previous tenure as …
Respect immigrants; they aren’t the enemy, Caritas says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Cathal McNaughton, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Politicians and community leaders must recognize the benefits of welcoming newcomers and not believe immigrants should be rejected automatically, said members of a panel launching the Caritas “Share the Journey” campaign. Immigrants and refugees need to be respected …
Vatican official condemns discrimination against women
By Matthew Fowler VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The need to recognize women as having equal worth as men and allow them to fully exercise their human rights is increasingly urgent due to the “resurgence of divisions in today’s world,” a top Vatican official told the U.N. Human Rights Council in …
Archbishop Schnurr asks Catholics to join letter campaign for Immigration Fix
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is joining with the other Roman Catholic dioceses in Ohio on a campaign to generate 10,000 letters to our congressional delegates, urging them to support the DREAM Act or similar legislation to provide a path to regularize the status of immigrants brought to the United States …
