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Marine Corps Base Hawaii has only U.S. military chapel named after bishop
The chapel was formally named the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel in 2013 in memory of the late bishop. According to the military archdiocese, it's the only U.S. base chapel to be named after a bishop.
CLINIC sues Trump administration over new directives for asylum-seekers
President Donald Trump's appointment of Ken Cuccinelli to a top immigration position violated federal law and therefore certain actions undertaken by his office are not legally valid, a federal lawsuit argues.
Nassau archbishop assesses post-hurricane challenges in Bahamas
Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder of Nassua, Bahamas, celebrated Mass Sept. 8 for evacuee families and Catholic school staff members a week after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the islands.
Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims
The best aid from individual Catholics is monetary donations. Money can be used to buy supplies in bulk and get them delivered promptly, and to reboot the local economy, enabling communities to start getting back on their feet.
Possible healing could advance Mother Delille’s sainthood cause
With her 19-year-old daughter unresponsive in a coma due to an aneurism, Christine McGee prayed for healing through the intercession of Mother Henriette Delille, the 19th century black Catholic religious foundress.
Seton Hall investigation finds McCarrick harassed seminarians
A yearlong investigation by Seton Hall University confirmed that Theodore McCarrick, the laicized cardinal who had been archbishop of Newark from 1986 to 2000, had sexually harassed seminarians during his tenure as head of the archdiocese.
Newark’s Cardinal Tobin joins Catholics protesting immigration detention
About 400 participated in the event, which included a procession toward the ICE building as the Newark archbishop led the crowd in a chant of "stop the inhumanity."
Buffalo’s Bishop Malone will not resign over abuse case revelations
Bishop Richard Malone said the majority of priests and parishioners in the diocese supported him and he would not resign over his handling of a situation involving two priests' relationship with a seminarian.
Former cardinal continues to deny abuse allegations
Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington who was laicized last February following a Vatican trial on sexual abuse charges, denied in an interview that he had abused anyone.
‘You have to have faith,’ Bahamian resident says of Dorian recovery
Children and the elderly have been urged and helped to leave the small island by boat. The urgent needs now are not only for basic supplies but for two-way radios for communication.