News
Priests criticized for helping community groups fight crime, block dam
MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- A pair of priests have been denounced to the Interior Ministry for allegedly stirring up social unrest in a southern Mexican state rife with violence and vigilante movements. Father Jesus Mendoza Zaragoza, vicar of the Archdiocese of Acapulco, told Catholic News Service the allegations against him and another priest, Father Mario Campos Hernandez, are false and politically motivated.
Millennials, young minority adults suffer high rates of unemployment
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Emily Rolla, a 22-year-old graduate of the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, recently accepted a retail job at Target after trying unsuccessfully since December to get a job in her field of study. A double major in communication arts and German, Rolla has applied for jobs ranging from public relations, social media management and writing to teaching German.
After 75 years since minimum wage established, workers still struggle
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Seventy-five years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a national minimum wage, many workers still struggle to support themselves and their families living at or slightly above that pay. "Jobs that are paid minimum wage take a lot of physical effort. You're on your feet; you're moving and working quickly. Imagine working that hard and not feeling like you can provide for yourself and your family -- it is incredibly demoralizing," said Judy Conti, an activist with National Employment Law Project.
Pope asks people to consider what they desire most
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Yearning and loving give people the strength to move forward and overcome obstacles, but Christians must ask themselves what really is their hearts' desire, Pope Francis said.
Adjunct faculty want to form union at Catholic university, two colleges
UPDATED - RYE, N.Y. (CNS) -- Whether inspired by Catholic social teaching or rulings by the National Labor Relations Board, Catholic colleges and universities will eventually sit down with their adjunct faculty members to negotiate wages and working conditions. That's the consensus of union organizers involved in securing collective bargaining rights for adjunct and contingent faculty at religious institutions.
Knights launch Marian prayer program centered on Immaculate Conception
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- The Knights of Columbus launched a new Marian prayer program dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception at a Mass Aug. 7 during the order's 131st supreme convention. It is the 16th such prayer program of the Knights of Columbus using a sacred image as its centerpiece.
His Holiness, the soccer fan, asks players to be real role models
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With admiration and big smiles all around, the lifelong soccer fan Pope Francis met the star players and coaches of the Argentine and Italian national soccer teams hoping to compete for the World Cup in 2014.
Clergy assignment changes announced
Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective as noted: ST. CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY Reverend Herbert J. Sperger. from Daylesford Abbey, to Director of Spiritual Formation, College Division, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, effective August 16, 2013 PAROCHIAL VICAR Reverend Stephen H. Paolino, from School Minister, Archbishop Wood High […]
Pope to parents: Teach your children to respect, defend human life
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Respect for human life from conception until natural death is something children must be taught, not mainly with words, but by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said.
New State Department office created to engage with faith-based groups
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The creation of the Office for Engagement with Faith-Based Communities at the State Department, announced Aug. 7, follows long-standing criticism that U.S. diplomacy has been too separated from the realities of the importance of religion.