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Grotto, abbey continue digital outreach

Two major Catholic spiritual sites in Oregon have reopened partially yet continue regular email outreach to help people thirsting for prayer during the pandemic.
‘Friend, there is fire in your yard’

“I could see the giant flames like a monster devouring everything in seconds,” he said. “The barn, the trees, the neighbors’ trailer houses, everything disappeared in seconds.”
Pope Francis: Subsidiarity means everyone has a role in healing society

Pope Francis said Wednesday that he is worried that large pharmaceutical companies are listened to more than front-line healthcare workers in pandemic recovery and that the Catholic principle of subsidiarity is the solution.
Gomez: God is calling immigrant church to be 'light' to nation of immigrants

"We are 'many' because God delights in all this variety and diversity, he loves all these colors and cultures of peoples," he said. "No one, not any one of us, is the same as anyone else. That's because God loves each of us as a totally unique creation."
Feeling blessed amid devastation

Asked in what way this all qualifies as a blessing, Yesenia puts her hand to her heart: “We have to look forward now,” she said. “What else can we do?” Leaning on her is her 18-year-old sister, Nayeli, who responded, “Well, at least we have nothing to lose anymore.”
WATCH: Archbishop to fire victims: ‘You are not alone’

Archbishop Alexander Sample visited Southern Oregon Sept. 19-20 to meet some of the hundreds of people who lost homes earlier in the month to powerful wind-driven fires.
Black Catholic leader calls for 'a new era of authentic love and justice'

A Black Catholic leader said Friday that the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is the wrong organization to lead an important movement against racism in the U.S., because, he said, it asserts a relativistic agenda that will cause harm to Black families.
Vatican reaffirms, clarifies church teachings on end-of-life care

With the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally permissible regarding end-of-life care, the Vatican's doctrinal office released a 25-page letter offering "a moral and practical clarification" on the care of vulnerable patients.
Family loses home, has no insurance

“Everything I had is just ashes now,” said Priscilla Rodriguez.
Everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes, Pope Francis tells children with autism spectrum disorder

Pope Francis told children with autism spectrum disorder Monday that everyone is beautiful in God’s eyes.
Cardinal likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship

BEIRUT — Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai warned that the Christian presence in the Middle East is shrinking and church leaders "are called to face the winds that blow in our homelands."
Judge Amy Barrett's charismatic Catholicism — Who are the People of Praise?

After the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reports have circulated that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, is a leading candidate for the country’s high court.
House passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act called 'huge win for women'

The National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd said House passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Sept. 17 is a "huge win for women."
Portland’s homeless hit hard by toxic air

Day and night, many of the approximately 2,000 unsheltered Portlanders inhaled smoke-saturated air, blown in from the state’s massive wildfires.
Cathedral School innovates for online learning

With an array of technology and teachers’ creativity, Cathedral School in Northwest Portland began digital learning Sept. 14.
WATCH: Archbishop en route to visit fire victims

Archbishop Alexander Sample is on his way to Southern Oregon Sept. 19 to be with the people who have lost their homes and suffered because of fires.
Pope Francis makes surprise donation to struggling poultry workers

Pope Francis has made a surprise donation to struggling poultry workers in Italy.
Ginsburg remembered as 'jurist of historic stature'

People in Washington stand in front of the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sept. 18, 2020. Ginsburg died due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87. (CNS photo/Al Drago, Reuters)
Young Catholic who greeted Benedict XVI in Britain becomes a priest

Paschal Uche woke up early on the morning of Sept. 18, 2010, a day that would change his life. He needed to set off in good time in order to pass through security at the event he was attending in central London.
Cologne cardinal warns German church's Synodal Path could cause schism

Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki warned that the Synodal Path reform project could lead to a German national church. "The worst outcome would be if the Synodal Path leads to a schism ... with the universal church," Cardinal Woelki said.

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