Texas city’s ordinance creating ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’ takes effect
After a federal court dismissed Planned Parenthood's challenge to a Lubbock ordinance that declares the city a "Sanctuary for the Unborn," a lawyer with the Chicago-based Thomas More Society said he believes these sanctuary cities have solid footing in Texas law.
Prioritization, not polarization, is Catholic media’s role, bishop says
The top priority of the church is to "proclaim the word of God," said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles in a June 10 keynote address during the Catholic Media Conference.
Hope comes from noticing God at work even in small things, pope says
For those who learn to look carefully, the world is filled with signs of God's presence, and noticing those signs is the best way to get over feelings of disappointment, Pope Francis said.
Pope, religious leaders call for better EU immigration policies
As the remains of a rickety boat, pulled from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, were enshrined as a memorial to the hundreds of migrants who died when it sank, Pope Francis prayed that such tragedies would "challenge everyone's conscience and foster the growth of a more supportive humanity that tears down the wall of indifference."
Selfish, materialistic lifestyles help fuel poverty, pope says in message
Poverty is the result of people's selfishness; it is not "fate" or the fault of the poor, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Rural, family farmers growing food have little for themselves
It is time to invest in ways that make food production and consumption more sustainable and resistant to future crises, Pope Francis said in a written message.
New solar energy project in Brooklyn Diocese is response to ‘Laudato Si”
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn cut the ceremonial ribbon June 10 for a solar-energy project launched to answer Pope Francis' "urgent challenge" to battle climate change and "protect our common home."
Vigneron: Use online outlets to communicate truth in love, not spread hate
Rather than mere disagreement, an epidemic of hatred in the digital sphere is poisoning social communications and damaging the unity Christ calls for his body, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said in a new pastoral note June 11.
Knights seen as ‘poised’ to lead way to recovery, renewal as pandemic ends
The new CEO of the Knights of Columbus said the international fraternal organization's members "are poised to lead the way toward recovery and a future of renewal."
National Right to Life decries new bill aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade
The Women's Health Protection Act, introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House June 8 "would invalidate nearly all existing state limitations on abortion," said Jennifer Popik, director of federal legislation for National Right to Life.
