USCCB Chairman Mourns for Migrants Involved in Texas Tragedy
WASHINGTON—Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Migration, has issued the following statement on San Antonio law enforcement’s identification of a tractor trailer containing 39 people, including ten individuals who died due to heat exposure and asphyxiation. Full statement …
U.S. bishop urges Senate to remedy health care after vote to proceed
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — After the Senate voted July 25 to proceed with the health care debate, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, urged senators of both parties to “work together to advance changes that serve the common good.” The statement from …
Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops’ offices
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sashenka Gutierrez, EPA By David Agren MEXICO CITY (CNS) — An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops’ conference, directly across the street from the country’s most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A statement provided to Catholic News Service …
Vatican shuts down fountains as Rome deals with drought
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Rome reels from one of its worst droughts in decades, the Vatican is doing its part to conserve water by shutting down the city-state’s 100 fountains. The office governing Vatican City State announced July 25 that the drought has “led the …
Volunteer Opportunity: Christ Hospital
A call out to our readers who would like to volunteer. The Christ Hospital Main Campus at 2139 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati OH 45219 is in need of volunteers to distribute communion to patients. To volunteer, Please call Dan Long at (513) 315-3006 or email him at [email protected].
Suit aims to block law making pregnancy centers ‘advertise’ abortion
By Patrick Downes HONOLULU (CNS) — An Oahu pro-life pregnancy resource center and a national network of pregnancy resource centers have filed a federal lawsuit to halt the enforcement of a new Hawaii law that requires such centers to “advertise” contraception and abortion “services.” Attorneys for Alliance Defending Freedom, a …
Pope, others pray as parents of Charlie Gard end legal struggle for help
IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Nicholls, Reuters By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Pope Francis is praying for the parents of Charlie Gard after a U.S. doctor told them nothing could be done to help their son. Chris Gard and Connie Yates announced in London’s High Court July 24 that they …
Kolping Festival and Shooting Competition Returns
German Catholics gathered with non-Catholic Germans and Cincinnatians of all kinds for the annual Kolping Society of Cincinnati’s Schutzenfest, billed as the oldest German festival in the nation. A revival of a medieval German “marksman contest,” the festival held at the organization’s Mt. Healthy clubhouse and park culminates in a …
Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation in Jerusalem
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land to “moderation and dialogue” as tensions continued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of both faiths. After reciting the Angelus July 23, the pope asked people gathered …
Doing well and doing good: Charities wary of Trump tax plan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eugene Garcia, EPA By Carolyn Mackenzie WASHINGTON (CNS) — While Capitol Hill and much of the nation have been following the roller coaster of debate surrounding what will come of GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, some are focused on what President Donald Trump’s …