Helsinki Commission looks at how faith groups can combat hate
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers came face to face with hate and escaped its wrath Oct. 27,…
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Our Lady of Lourdes holds vacation bible school
Kentucky priest who is one of pope’s ‘missionaries of mercy’ helps miners
By Robert Alan Glover Catholic News Service LEXINGTON, Ky. — The old saying about a looming payday is that “the money is already spent.”…
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Students attend vacation bible school at St. Leonard
Backing Catholic action day, bishops call out ‘cruelty’ in policies
By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – Though they weren’t present, at least seven U.S. bishops made their views known via statements supporting…
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Holy Cross students donate time over summer
St. James students honor classmate with day of service
Students plant trees to honor late teacher
Catholics focus on migrant children with rally, civil disobedience
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — A few hundred Catholic activists, including dozens of women religious, gathered outside at the foot of the U.S. Capitol…
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Institute promotes young leaders
Seminarians in formation for the Archdiocese of Louisville, from left, Cole McDowell, Michael Schultz and Dustin Hungerford served hotdogs and burgers to high school…
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Actor joins with those struggling for religious freedom in Middle East
By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service A two-time Academy Award-winning actor lent his support July 16 to the religious freedom struggle in the Middle…
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Big tech, digital culture pose challenges for sharing faith, panelists say
As politicians around the world scrutinize how Facebook, Google and Amazon mine user data for commercial purposes, Catholic leaders are studying ways to spread…
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As Ethiopia works for reform, church tries to support people in many ways
By Bronwen Dachs Catholic News Service The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is leading peace and reconciliation efforts while it does what it can to…
Read MoreArchdiocese to hold foster care support meeting
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer The Archdiocese of Louisville has responded to a call from state leaders to help with a crisis in…
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‘We cannot absorb the migrant population,’ say Guatemalan bishops
Guatemala’s bishops criticized the idea of the country entering into an agreement with the U.S. government to deem it a “safe third country” for…
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Local men listened-in on lunar landing
As astronaut Neil Armstrong took mankind’s giant leap onto the surface of the moon 50 years ago, 650 million people watched and listened to…
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Lights for Liberty shine bright in Louisville
Mara Whitford, an expectant mother, held a handwritten sign that said “I’d walk 1000s of miles for my baby, too” outside the Cathedral of…
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Six Ursuline Sisters celebrate jubilees
Record Staff Report Six Ursuline Sisters of Louisville are celebrating significant anniversaries this year. Sister Jamesetta DeFelice, Sister Julienne Guy, Sister Donata Kokot and…
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Sisters of Providence mark 70th jubilees
Record Staff Report Two Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., with ties to the Archdiocese of Louisville are celebrating 70 years of religious…
Read MoreSister Sharon Blank of St. Gabriel School dies at 72
Sister of St. Francis Sharon Marie Blank, 72, died July 5 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She had been a Sister of St….
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African churches work to counter pressures on Congo River basin
By Fredrick Nzwili Catholic News Service The Congo River basin, which spans six African countries, is coming under pressure, partly due to clearing of…
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Cardinal fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a U.S.-Iran conflict
By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako is concerned by rising tensions between the United States and Iran, fearful…
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Faith leaders decry ICE deportations, say action causes anxiety, fear
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Many Catholic and other faith leaders noted that the Gospel reading for July 14 — the day U.S….
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Trump administration to apply ‘third country’ rule for asylum-seekers
Catholic News Service The Trump administration announced the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security are adopting an interim “third country rule” requiring immigrants…
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