Catholic leaders find proposed federal budget largely fails the moral test
IMAGE: CNS/Tyler Orsburn By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget sent shivers through social service, education and environmental communities, prompting church leaders and advocates to question the administration’s commitment to people in need. The leaders repeated in interviews with Catholic News Service that …
Attack on Christians in southern Egypt leaves at least 26 dead
CAIRO (CNS) — Masked assailants attacked a bus carrying Coptic Orthodox Christians on the way to St. Samuel Monastery in southern Egypt, killing at least 26 people, many of them children, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “It is too early to say who is behind it, but certainly terrorists, …
Nearly $19 million in scholarships to the Badin High School Class of 2017
Badin High School’s Class of 2017, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the school’s opening in 1966-67, has amassed nearly $19 million in college academic scholarship offers. “It’s a measure of the opportunity a Badin High School education provides,” said Principal Brian Pendergest as Badin hosted its 11th annual Academic Signing …
Monument honors lives of two religious sisters fatally stabbed in 2016
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ruthie Robison, Mississippi Catholic By Ruthie Robison DURANT, Miss. (CNS) — A downpour of rain didn’t dampen a dedication and blessing ceremony of a monument to honor the lives of Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, who were slain in their Durant home Aug. 25, 2016. They were …
Guidebook helps delegates prepare for Convocation of Catholic Leaders
IMAGE: CNS By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The 3,000 people attending the upcoming Convocation of Catholic Leaders are being seen as members of diocesan teams who will return home to act on what they see and learn while discussing the church’s role in a changing social landscape. A combination …
Gunmen take Catholic hostages; Philippines’ Duterte imposes martial law
IMAGE: CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters By MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Gunmen claiming to have links with the Islamic State group threatened to kill hostages, including a Catholic priest, who were taken from the southern Philippine city of Marawi May 23. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the entire Muslim-majority …
Throwback Thursday: Prayers, Tributes on the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
Forty years ago this weekend, the tragic Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate KY occurred Memorial Day weekend. Following is the statement Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin issued after over 150 persons lost their lives in the May 28, 1977 fire: I wish to extend my sympathy to all those …
A picture says a thousand words: Ceremonial First Pitch
Deacon Dave Shea (Immaculate Heart of Mary) threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Reds this week to mark his retirement from The Athenaeum of Ohio, where he taught for 15 years. His grandson Aiden McCracken was the ceremonial catcher and his grandson Liam McCracken got to say “Play …
After years of cramped spaces, Ukrainian Catholics bless chapel in Odessa
IMAGE: CNS photo/Mariana Karapinka By Mariana Karapinka ODESSA, Ukraine (CNS) — When Anastasia Voinikova joined the local Ukrainian Catholic community more than 20 years ago, liturgies were celebrated at the basement of the Roman Catholic church. Later, in 2005, the community was able to purchase a private house and reconstruct …
St. John XXIII Catholic School and Pantene Beautiful Lengths
St. John XXIII Catholic School, Middletown, hosted a Pantene Beautiful Lengths event May 5 to provide natural hair wigs for those suffering from the side effects of cancer treatment The school day began with their faculty, staff and students supporting an indoor walk-a-thon due to bad weather. While it was …
