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Kenyan bishops: People want ‘better government,’ not more government
Kenya's Catholic bishops have expressed discomfort at proposals to expand government with major policy and constitutional changes in an effort to heal and unite the East African nation.
Brooklyn Diocese asks high court for injunction on limits on indoor worship
The diocese objected to New York's limiting "in-person 'house of worship' attendance to 10 or 25 people" but allowing "numerous secular businesses to operate without any capacity restrictions."
Voter behavior wasn’t different in the 2020 election, just the results
Political experts find that some elements of previous elections were present in this year's races, with the exception of the leading issue, COVID, and the "mutual radicalization" of politics.
In gathering for U.S. bishops like no other, annual meeting goes online
Some 300 bishops will meet online only for two days Nov. 16-17. The prelates will discuss tough issues including responses to the pandemic and the report on former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
At Jesuit agency event, Biden announces he will hike refugee cap
Weeks after the Trump administration said it would drop to a historic low the cap on the number of displaced people the U.S. resettles, President-elect Joe Biden said he would head in a dramatically different direction.
Catholic schools going all virtual in Montgomery County
Catholic schools in the county offer a mix of in-person instruction. But the recent surge in COVID-19 infections prompted health officials to mandate all public schools offer online instruction only. Catholic schools will do the same for two weeks starting Nov. 23.
McCarrick report highlights weaknesses in process for vetting bishops
A questionnaire used to identify possible bishops seemed more focused on personal connections than on raising red flags regarding inappropriate or criminal behavior.
Fifth storm in three weeks leaves Filipinos trapped in houses, on roofs
Typhoon Vamco left 42 dead and 20 missing as of Nov. 13, and also brought misery to areas of the Philippines still trying to recover from Super Typhoon Goni, which struck Nov. 1.
U.N. calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants
The United Nations migration agency called for increased search and rescue efforts after a boat with 120 people capsized in the Mediterranean off Libya, the third fatal incident in a week.
Report offers transparency that laity ‘have rightly demanded,’ archbishop says
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori was among a number of U.S. prelates reacting to release of the McCarrick report and praising sexual abuse victims' persistence in demanding an investigation.