Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Ida’s wrath continues
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Even as a downgraded tropical storm, Ida, which caused untold damage in the South as a…
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New York fire chaplain says there are days when 9/11 ‘feels like yesterday’
byBy Gregory A. Shemitz, Catholic News Service BLUE POINT, N.Y. — Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend…
Supreme Court rules against blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — In a late-night decision Sept. 1, the Supreme Court ruled against blocking a Texas law banning…
Pope addresses Vatican reforms
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While financial reforms in the Vatican are progressing steadily, cases involving corruption and malfeasance…
After Afghanistan withdrawal, pope denounces attempts to impose democracy
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In his first interview since undergoing surgery in July, Pope Francis criticized Western attempts…
High court says eviction moratorium illegal, alarming Catholic Charities CEO
byCatholic News Service CLEVELAND — A national eviction moratorium that protected millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments is unconstitutional, the…
Catholic Medical Association joins lawsuit over HHS ‘transgender mandate’
byPHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia-based Catholic Medical Association Aug. 26 joined in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate that doctors and hospitals perform gender-transition…
Roots of Peace founder fears for her nearly 400 employees in Afghanistan
byBy Christina Gray, Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — Roots of Peace founder Heidi Kuhn is on a deadline-driven, life-or-death mission to get her…
Brooklyn auxiliary who was first Haitian American bishop in U.S. dies at 86
byCatholic News Service BROOKLYN — Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy A. Sansaricq of Brooklyn, who had ministered in the Diocese of Brooklyn since 1971, died…
Pope sends aid to those hit by disasters in Haiti, Bangladesh, Vietnam
byCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will be sending nearly a quarter of a million dollars to help people in Haiti, who…