Reject inertia of ‘Mannequin Challenge,’ reach out to refugees, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When it comes to helping the poor, the marginalized and refugees, Pope Francis urged Catholics not to mimic the “Mannequin Challenge” by just looking on, frozen and immobile. The video version of his prayer intention for February begins …
Bishop Leibold a six-time STEM leader
Dayton elementary school recognized for STEM education For the sixth year in a row, Bishop Leibold School in Dayton has been awarded the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Education. It is one of four schools in Dayton and Kettering that received the …
Prelates raise concern over Trump decision to keep Obama executive order
By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of two bishops’ committees expressed disappointment Feb. 1 over President Donald Trump’s decision to retain a 2014 executive order by his predecessor, Barack Obama, that bans federal discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity against federal employees and workers for federal …
Digitization project preserving century of Catholic newspapers, newsfeeds
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — Only pack rats would save copies of old newspapers. Or so you would think. But a consortium of librarians and archivists are preserving the Catholic news from the last century. As newspapers age, their pages get more brittle and fragile. …
Judge Neil Gorsuch nominated to fill Supreme Court vacancy
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Reynolds, EPA By WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court that has been empty since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February. Gorsuch is a man the country needs, Trump said in announcing his …
Bishops say refugee ban raises deep concerns over religious freedom
IMAGE: CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees Jan. 31 expressed solidarity with the Muslim community and expressed deep concern over religious freedom issues they said President Donald Trump’s refugee ban raises. Trump’s executive memorandum of Jan. 27 “has generated fear and …
In accused priest killer’s case, bishops urge mercy, reject death penalty
By AUGUSTA, Ga. (CNS) — Saying “justice needs to be tamed by mercy,” Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine, Florida, and two brother bishops called Jan. 31 for the state of Georgia to drop the death penalty in the case of accused priest killer Steven J. Murray. “We have …
Archbishop Schnurr answers questions from Catholic high school students
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr spent more than an hour Monday answering questions from high school students from throughout the archdiocese to kick off Catholic Schools Week 2017. Students from 15 Catholic high schools had the opportunity to participate in the teleconference, which was broadcast from McNicholas High School in Cincinnati. …
Pope: Like expectant moms, live in joyful expectation of embracing God
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian hope isn’t about believing in something that may or may not come true, like hoping tomorrow’s weather will be pleasant, Pope Francis said. “Christian hope is the expectation of something that already has been fulfilled and that certainly will …