Despite rumors of its demise, the AIDS pandemic is far from over, and churches must continue to play a critical role in combating the disease, Catholic leaders were told at an international gathering of more than 15,000 AIDS researchers and activists.
Struggle against virus isn’t over, say Catholics at global AIDS meeting
Seattle Catholics celebrate Special Olympics’ 50th anniversary
The Catholic community had joined in a winning pitch four years ago to host the Special Olympics for 2018 and were rewarded with the games as they turn 50 this year.
Sessions: Contributions of religious people make U.S. ‘stronger as nation’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke about ongoing threats to religious freedom and what can be done to halt them at a conference held July 30 at the Department of Justice.
Religious liberty ‘rooted in dignity of human person,’ says archbishop
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, gave three reasons why religious freedom is important to the Catholic Church in a speech July 30 at a conference on the issue at the Justice Department in Washington.
Help those in need, never waste food, pope says
Pope Francis asked people to generously serve those most in need and to never waste food.
Compendium of monastic wisdom can aid in anyone’s spiritual journey
If you’ve ever wanted to sit down and pick the mind of a monk — a man or woman steeped in the church’s monastic tradition stretching back to the desert fathers and mothers — then this is the book for you.
Appeals court denies Adorers’ religious claims against pipeline
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that denied the religious freedom arguments of a Pennsylvania religious order that sought to block a natural gas line from the sisters’ land because it violated their faith beliefs.
In the reunification scramble, church groups raced to help families
In public and behind the scenes of a court order that immigrant families separated by the U.S. government be reunited by the end of July 26, the Catholic Church, from its leadership to its charitable and advocacy organizations, worked around the clock to speed up the effort, while also calling for a stop to the policy that led to the ordeal.