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John Lavenburg/Crux

Catholic medical community ‘deeply concerned’ by Biden’s nursing home plan

April 25, 2024

NEW YORK – A national association of Catholic healthcare facilities in the US is “deeply concerned” that controversial new nurse staffing standards for long-term care facilities – implemented this week by the Biden administration – will actually harm nursing facilities and the residents they serve. The Catholic Health Association (CHA), which includes the more than

Columbia University’s Catholic chaplain condemns ‘malevolent’ nature of pro-Palestine protests

April 24, 2024

NEW YORK – Amid pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University that have led to more than 100 arrests, forced classes online and left Jewish students and faculty feeling unsafe and unwelcome, the university’s Catholic chaplain says the path forward “must first ensure that such malevolent protests, brimming with anti-Semitism, be stopped”. Father Roger Landry, who is

United States would ‘grind to a standstill’ without immigrants, says Texas bishop

April 17, 2024

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso is encouraging the US Congress to create more avenues to legal employment authorisation for those with pending asylum claims, arguing that communities across the United States would “grind to a standstill” without the labour of undocumented immigrants. “Without their contributions, American communities would grind to a standstill,” Seitz said

New York cardinal shelters from Iranian drone attack during trip to Holy Land

April 15, 2024

NEW YORK – Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said he and those he traveled with to the Holy Land “feel safe and secure” in Bethlehem, after they were forced to take shelter the night before when Iran launched a missile attack against Israel. “This Sunday in Bethlehem all does seem calm and bright, and

April 15, 2024

NEW YORK – A new report has found that Pope Francis’s favourability rating among American Catholics has fallen from 83 per cent in 2021 to 75 per cent in 2024, with those who view the pontiff unfavourably also saying he represents a change in the direction of the Church. The nation’s ever-growing partisan divide is

Unprecedented commute of all death sentences to life imprisonment in California’s Santa Clara County

April 11, 2024

An unprecedented decision by California’s Santa Clara County district attorney to reset the death penalty sentences in the county to life in prison sentences has been touted by the local bishop as “an important step toward respecting the sanctity of all human life”. “As Bishop of San José, I also support and congratulate Santa Clara

Vatican’s new declaration praised for transcending liberal and conservative perspectives to tackle ‘modern misconceptions’ on human dignity

April 09, 2024

Many liberals and conservatives appear to be both applauding or denouncing the Vatican’s latest doctrinal document on human dignity for its stance on particular issues. But Catholic moral theologians instead highlight the consistency with which the issues are addressed, and the adherence to Church teaching exhibited. “The [list of issues] demolishes any kind of attempt

Catholic Relief Services in Holy Land ‘extremely concerned’ after deaths of aid workers in Israeli air strike

April 06, 2024

Mourners gather around the body of Palestinian Issam Abu Taha, a worker from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), who was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with other workers in the southern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. Getty Images. NEW YORK – In light of the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in

Michigan becomes last US state to endorse paid surrogacy as bishops warn of ‘unregulated industry’ that preys on ‘vulnerable’ women

April 03, 2024

NEW YORK – Catholic bishops in Michigan are warning that a newly enacted package of bills that decriminalises paid surrogacy contracts has ignored multiple concerns about the practice, including protecting women from exploitation and human trafficking. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Michigan Family Protection Act on 1 April. Whitmer touted the package of bills as

Sacramento latest diocese to file for bankruptcy due to abuse compensation after California changes statute of limitations

April 02, 2024

NEW YORK – Facing more than 250 lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and other employees since the 1950s, the Diocese of Sacramento, California, has filed for bankruptcy as a means to provide compensation to victims of the abuse. The diocese announced the filing on 1 April, about four months after Bishop

Legendary and nearly beatified US Army chaplain honoured with statue by Kansas

March 28, 2024

NEW YORK – A Catholic priest from the Diocese of Wichita who served as an Army chaplain in both World War II and the Korean war, risking his life to minister to troops on the front lines, will soon have a permanent statue in his honour at the state Capitol in Kansas. On 22 March,

El Paso bishop on Texas migrant shelter and federal failures: ‘Rhetoric always ramps up’ during election season

March 21, 2024

In Bishop Mark Seitz’s initial response to an attempt by the state of Texas to shut down a Catholic migrant shelter in El Paso, he noted how the situation highlights the challenge such organisations face balancing federal and state responses with their own mission to serve. “On the one hand, we are challenged by serious

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