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San Francisco’s new indoor worship limit a ‘victory,’ but effort not over
After a robust effort by San Francisco's Catholics, the city will allow attendance for indoor worship to be 25% of the capacity of a house of worship, or up to 100 people. The limit had been one person indoors.
Rockville Centre bishop says decision to file for bankruptcy ‘not made lightly’
Facing over 200 lawsuits alleging sex abuse filed since New York state lifted the statute of limitations on such cases, the diocese on Long Island, N.Y. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization Oct. 1.
Pandemic stimulus bill excludes Catholic school students, their families
At a time when 150 Catholic schools have closed because of the pandemic, a key U.S. bishop said "it is unconscionable" that the proposed stimulus bill excludes Catholic school students in its $225 billion provision for education.
Catholics say for civility to prevail, the common good must be served
Catholics across the country expressed concern that incivility is increasing nationwide -- including the incivility during the first presidential debate -- causing a chasm that will take years to bridge.
Trump administration drops refugee cap to historic low
What was once a globally recognized model to welcome persecuted people has been capped at 15,000 annually. The average during Republican and Democratic presidencies had been around 95,000.
Catholic voters urged to consult church’s social teaching for guidance
Stressing the principles of human dignity, the common good, subsidiarity and solidarity, the archbishops of Baltimore and Newark urged parishioners to study Jesus's teachings and ease "our bitterly divisive political environment."
Cathedral, church in San Diego area desecrated with graffiti
St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral and a Syriac Catholic church nearby were defaced with swastikas and other graffiti, the latest in a string of vandalism incidents this year across the U.S.
Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School
Colleagues from the Indiana school, where Barrett is both a faculty member and an alumna, have endorsed the "brilliant legal scholar and jurist."
Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee
The 48-year-old Catholic appellate judge in Chicago is the president's nominee to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Supreme Court denies appeals for two recent federal executions
William LeCroy and Christopher Vialva were the sixth and seventh inmates to be executed this year, following the resumption of federal executions after a 17-year hiatus.