Tag: Laetare Medal
Special Olympics Chairman Timothy Shriver to receive Laetare Medal at University...
The University of Notre Dame is awarding the prestigious Laetare medal, an honor reserved exclusively for American Catholics, to Timothy Shriver, chairman of Special...
Young Catholics voice concern over climate change issues
WASHINGTON -- Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded April 27 in...
Kathleen McChesney, director of USCCB Office of Child and Youth Protection,...
WASHINGTON -- Kathleen McChesney, a former FBI executive assistant and the first person to lead the U.S. bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection,...
Education, civil rights leader Norman Francis to receive Notre Dame’s Laetare...
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Norman C. Francis, who served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana for 47 years and has been a prominent...