For centuries, men and women religious, as well as members of the clergy, have been establishing and staffing schools and hospitals as a key part of their Gospel mission. While the number of religious sisters ...
A proposed “gender inclusion” policy at the University of North Dakota has prompted a strong reaction from the state’s two Catholic bishops. Bishop David D. Kagan of Bismarck and Bishop John T. Folda of Fargo ...
A recent report from the Associated Press took a critical look at organizations within the Catholic Church for receiving loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. But business managers and others who run these Catholic ...
Urging Catholic parish communities to embrace a “missionary evangelization,” the Vatican recently issued a new instruction on reforming parishes and restructuring dioceses. The guidelines acknowledge that cultural changes have challenged parishes and offers suggestions for ...
While doctors care for the physical needs of patients, Father Stefan Starzynski cares for their spiritual needs — comforting, praying, anointing and recruiting them. Yes, recruiting. The fulltime chaplain at Inova Fairfax, a nearly 1,000-bed ...
Patti Maguire Armstrong writes that when Bishop-elect Stephen Parkes becomes the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia on September 23, he will become a brother bishop to his sibling, Bishop Gregory L. ...
“God, please use my hands today the way you want me to use them.” North Dakota teenager Maria Loh prays that prayer every morning. It makes an offering of the 17-year-old’s usual household chores, and ...
It’s back to school for college students across the country, but it is not business as usual as they return to campus. Schools are adopting measures with the goal of making classrooms as normal as ...
Since COVID-19 continues to be a concern, addressing student fears, anxieties and realities is an important concern for college administrations. The possibility of getting sick is only a part of what concerns students amid a ...
Following the death of Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history, those who knew him well said that despite his accomplishments on the field, it was his deep faith and love of the Catholic ...
Happy Independence Day! In the words of Pope Francis, "A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did ..." (September 24, 2015, Address to a joint session of Congress)
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Msgr. Owen Campion reflects on the life of Helen Keller. In light of the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade, he asks: “What if? What if her parents, seeing the terrifying result of her illness, had decided that she had no hope for a life of quality?”
The story of Helen Keller and the sanctity of life
Following the news that the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and give individual state...
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