Report: Leadership of Catholic colleges shifting as religious vocations plummet
By Daniel Payne Washington D.C., Jul 25, 2023 / 13:50 pm The governance of Catholic higher education in the United States is continuing to shift as fewer and fewer of the faithful enter into religious vocations and a growing number of secular directors take over leadership roles in educational institutions. The …
Catholic drug rehabilitation facility begins to take shape in Arizona
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 08:17 am A slow but steady effort to bring an explicitly Catholic-focused rehabilitation facility to Arizona is coming together as a small group of activists works to build the program bit by bit. The Kolbe Mission, based out of Phoenix, is working …
Tanzania Inspires Teaching
BY PATRICIA MCGEEVER An Ohio teacher is changing the lives of students on two continents. A math teacher at DePaul Cristo Rey High School (DPCR) in Cincinnati, Julie Rentz also runs a sponsorship program for students more than 8,000 miles away—in the east African nation of Tanzania. Her interest there …
After latest Oklahoma execution, Archbishop Coakley calls for death penalty abolition
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2023 / 13:00 pm Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City responded to Oklahoma’s execution of convicted murderer Jemaine Cannon with a call for the abolition of the death penalty, which he called an “archaic punishment.” Coakley also called for prayers for the condemned …
Baltimore archbishop issues guidelines for Catholic LGBT ministries
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2023 / 11:00 am People who identify as LGBT or gender nonconforming should be served by Catholic ministry that shows charity, sensitivity, understanding, and genuine accompaniment in the light of revelation and Church teaching, Archbishop William F. Lori of Baltimore said in a new …
Now hear this: St. Peter’s Basilica upgrades its sound system
By Rachel Thomas Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2023 / 08:30 am A common struggle for elderly Mass-goers is being able to hear in church. It seems, then, that the unveiling of a new sound system in St. Peter’s Basilica couldn’t have had better timing. It was inaugurated on July 23, after …
Pope meets with head of World Health Organization
By Jonathan Liedl Rome Newsroom, Jul 24, 2023 / 07:32 am Pope Francis met with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, this morning in a private Vatican audience, the Holy See’s press office announced. No additional details were provided regarding the meeting, and requests for comment to …
Fiorelli Family Inspired to Walk the Camino Together
God has ways of working through us, especially when we aren’t expecting it. That’s true for the Fiorelli family—Laurel, Nick and their children, Risa and Theo. Parishioners at Xavier University’s Bellarmine Chapel, they have supported Su Casa Hispanic Center for several years. | Su Casa Hispanic Center, a program of …
Human trafficking by the numbers: New reports estimate millions of daily victims
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 20, 2023 / 15:50 pm On any given day millions of people worldwide are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and sexual exploitation. Recent reports from the U.S. State Department, anti-human trafficking groups, and other global leaders focus on the serious problems of trafficking, forced …
