Catholic News Service
Eunice Kennedy Shriver book demonstrates her sense of responsibility
By EUGENE J. FISHER
"Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World" by Eileen McNamara. Simon & Schuster (New York, 2018). 416 pp., $28.
"I've Been Thinking:...
USCCB’s DiNardo reminds Senate support of abortion is not requirement for...
WASHINGTON -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged U.S. senators July 6 not to support using the Roe v. Wade...
Roe v. Wade overturn seems unlikely; high court could return decision...
WASHINGTON -- During his 30 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy was usually in the middle of the court on life issues.
While...
Australian archbishop sentenced to a year of house arrest in abuse...
ADELAIDE, Australia -- Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest following his conviction for failing to inform police...
Living Our Faith: Patriotism
We love and honor our country because it has given us life, sustenance, traditions and fundamental orientation analogous to our earthly parents and families.
Young...
Canadian bishops say marijuana use may soon be legal but remains...
OTTAWA, Ontario — Marijuana use across Canada may soon be legal in the eyes of the law, but it will remain a sin in...
King Abdullah of Jordan awarded Templeton Prize, cited for religious harmony
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- King Abdullah II of Jordan has been chosen as the 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate.
He has "done more to seek religious...
Supreme Court sides with pregnancy center’s right to free speech
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated...
Nuns’ killer gets life sentences for plea, forgiveness from their families
LEXINGTON, Miss. -- Rodney Earl Sanders pleaded guilty June 21 to murdering two religious sisters in their Mississippi home in 2016.
What he got in...
Parishioners in Kenya disappointed after priest suspended — for rapping
RAPOGI, Kenya -- Many parishioners at St. Monica Church in western Kenya are unhappy after their favorite priest was suspended for misconduct by the...