Chalice made from the wood of a refugee boat from Lamedusa was shown by Holy Cross Father Daniel Groody as he spoke of the tensions in the topic of immigration, human rights, civil law and natural law, and national security and human security to the U.S. Bishops June 14.
Many attended a prayer service June 14 for the recovery of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and other victims of a shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.
A liturgy at the opening day of the U.S. bishops’ spring meeting was a response to a call from Pope Francis to episcopal conferences around the world to observe a “Day of Prayer and Penance” for survivors of sexual abuse within the church.
St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler has selected a team of 10 delegates from the diocese to join him at the Convocation of Catholic Leaders July 1-4 in Orlando, Florida.
To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world.
The U.S. bishops discussed the need to reverse that trend of the estimated 50 percent of Catholics 30 and younger that no longer identify with their religion at the spring meeting in Indianapolis.
Catholic leaders in London offered prayers for victims of a fire in a 24-story apartment building.
U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was listed in stable condition after being shot by a gunman early June 14 and transported out of a baseball field in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington. He was scheduled to undergo surgery.
