The number of refugees resettled in the United States was at its the lowest in 2020 since the founding of the resettlement program in 1980.
Interfaith services pray for refugees, herald their strength, courage
Father of Amazon.com founder gives gift of $12 million to Catholic school
Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.
Archdiocese of Berlin suspends work of commission on sexual abuse
The Archdiocese of Berlin announced that it was temporarily suspending the work of its expert commission established to follow up on a legal report about sexual abuse in the archdiocese since 1946.
Vatican expresses concern about proposed Italian law on homophobia
The Vatican has informed Italy that a draft law to fight homophobia and discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity could violate the freedom of Catholics to teach and practice their faith.
Alumna of New York Catholic high school named NASA deputy administrator
The U.S. Senate confirmed Astronaut Pamela Melroy deputy administrator for NASA after being nominated by President Joe Biden.
U.S. Catholics asked to pray for bishops as Communion document is drafted
The USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine will draft and present the document for discussion when the bishops reconvene in person in November for their fall general assembly.
Cardinal keeps limits on private Masses in St. Peter’s, allows exceptions
eaffirming the principles that led the Vatican to severely limit private celebrations of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the early morning, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of the basilica, said exceptions would be made for “groups with particular and legitimate needs.”
Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, explained why the bishops voted to write a teaching document on the mystery of the Eucharist and what it means for all U.S. Catholics.