Governor: WSU coach ‘just wrong’ in claims about vaccine order
PULLMAN, Washington — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is disputing Nick Rolovich’s statements that the Democrat targeted the former Washington State University football coach with his statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all public employees. Inslee spokesperson Mike Faulk said of the coach: “He’s just wrong,” The Spokesman Review reported. That’s in response to Rolovich’s 34-page appeal […]
New Jersey bishop invites faithful to embark on a synodal journey together
TRENTON, New Jersey — Bishop David M. O’Connell of Trenton invited Catholics to join Pope Francis in “walking the same road together” to help discern the church’s role in the world. Speaking during Mass Oct. 17 at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral that marked the opening of the local phase of the churchwide synodal […]
Virginia seventh graders go on scavenger hunt armed with Catholic newspaper
ARLINGTON, Virginia — A religious education teacher at St. Agnes Church in Arlington sent her seventh graders on a scavenger hunt as part of their preparation for confirmation. Armed with five-page questionnaires, the students spent about 30 minutes searching for answers in the most recent issue of the Arlington Catholic Herald, the diocesan newspaper. “I […]
Kenyan priests help communities cope with impact of climate change
NAIROBI, Kenya — When needy parishioners come to Father Patrick Ndonga’s doorstep, they leave with a small bag of beans or cornmeal or even a small bottle of cooking oil. At St. Stephen Catholic Mission in Machakos Diocese, the priest is caring for a congregation suffering chronic food and water shortages due to failed rains. […]
Experts say childcare change in Biden plan could exclude Catholic providers…
Catholic education advocates say a small but significant change to the federal government’s existing childcare program in the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act would have precisely the opposite effect of the administration’s goal of expanding childcare and preschool access.
35 history maps that explain the world better than any textbook…
Some of the historical maps displayed above highlight how empires have risen and fallen throughout the centuries. We can learn how the Mongols once consumed a continent. We can see how Roman roads once stretched across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. And we can marvel at how the Ottoman Empire came to spread […]
This Sunday, even Jesus imitated the widow’s mite…
In the Gospel for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus is weeks away from his sacrifice on the cross when he observes a poor woman giving all she has to the Temple treasury. She stands as a warning against the wrong kind of giving — and a beautiful example of the remarkable gift he […]
Monty Python’s Michael Palin headlines effort to save church buildings in the UK…
Former Monty Python member Michael Palin says church buildings remain “a vital and much-loved part of the UK’s history and heritage and we can’t let them fall into neglect and disuse.” After a year of intermittent church closures in the UK due to COVID-19, the National Churches Trust has launched a national debate to help […]
Hard lessons, going for woke, and private lines…
Cardinal Blase Cupich on Monday published an essay outlining his sense of the principles behind Traditionis custodes, Pope Francis’ limitations on celebrations of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the cardinal is very clear on what he believes those principles to be, and how they line up with the intentions of the Holy […]
Equity, diversity, inclusivity? Those aren’t absolute values. Willing the good of the other? That is an absolute value… …
In the wake of the French Revolution, the triplet of “liberty, equality, fraternity” emerged as a moral compass for the secular society. Something similar has happened today in regard to “equity, diversity, and inclusion.” For most pundits and social activists, at least in the West, these three values function as fundamental norms, self-evident moral truths […]