The pastoral acknowledged how tenuous peace was with nuclear weapons ready to be fired.
Bishops wrestle with possibility of nuclear annihilation in pastoral letter
‘The Challenge of Peace’ 40 years later: Durable principles, changed world
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”
Life without parole for school shooter called ‘severe and just punishment’
There is “no question” the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter “were heinous,” but “a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is a severe and just punishment,” said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.
Prayer, walk, ‘watch fire’ honor those impacted by Indian boarding schools
“Walking Together: Twin Cities” events invited prayer and pilgrimage for healing from lasting harms suffered by Native Americans attending boarding schools, and their families, decades ago.
Dissidents, Catholic leaders want famous Minsk church reopened after fire
In an Oct. 12 statement, Christian Vision said the government decision to close the church “constitutes pressure on the religious community, gross interference in the life of religious organizations and an act of intimidation of all communities and religious organizations.”
Marian Blue Wave group prays rosary outside Planned Parenthood in D.C.
“Marian Blue Wave participants commit to pray a weekly rosary with the specific intentions of ending all types of abortions — including surgical, pill, contraceptive and in vitro fertilization — and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in America,” said a news release from the organization.
Renew the church, increase its visibility in Ghana, nuncio tells religious
Ghana’s 2010 census puts the Catholic population at 13.1%, a drop of 2% from the 2000 census.
With Roe overturned, march will focus on Congress, laws to end abortion
This January, the march up Constitution Avenue, which has always ended at the Supreme Court building, will end at the East Front of the Capitol instead.