Academy Sports and Outdoors presents additional $500 gift cards to teachers
byAcademy Sports + Outdoors surprised teachers in Jefferson County with gift cards last month as a way of thanking them for supporting students and…
Archbishop Kurtz calls educators ‘sacrificial heroes’
byWhile an annual luncheon to celebrate teachers who have achieved milestone years of service had to be tabled because of the pandemic, Archbishop Joseph…
Walking with Christ for justice
byThe parishes of St. Raphael and St. Francis of Assisi hosted a Eucharistic procession titled “Walking with Christ for Peace and Justice” Nov. 8…
McCarrick report summary cites lack of serious investigations of rumors
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to…
Tennessee governor gives temporary reprieve to death-row inmate
byBy Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A Tennessee death-row inmate scheduled to be executed Dec. 3 was granted a reprieve until April…
Between Amens — November full of ‘liturgical delights’
byThe month of November serves up so many liturgical delights. It begins with the beautiful feasts of All Saints and All Souls, which remind…
Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president
byCatholic News Service WASHINGTON — With Joe Biden now elected as the nation’s 46th president, it is “time for our leaders to come together…
News organizations project Biden win; second Catholic elected U.S. president
byBy Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Horns blared near the White House just before noon Nov. 7 as major U.S. news organizations…
Sixty years after JFK, nation to get second Catholic president
byBy Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Thirty-three men between George Washington and John F. Kennedy served as U.S. president. Until Kennedy, all…
Public Masses continue in Italy despite new COVID-19 restrictions
byCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As the Italian government imposed new restrictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the Italian bishops’ conference…