Catholic News Service, Author at Crux

Vatican envoy: Vietnam’s government must respect religious freedom

Catholic News Service, Global Church
August 16, 2017

Earlier this year, the Vietnamese bishops criticized the new Law on Belief and Religion, which will take effect January 1. They said abstract phrases in the law “are easily abused to shift responsibility onto and condemn religious organizations when the government is dissatisfied.”

Papal envoy calls Blessed Romero ‘martyr of hope’

Catholic News Service, Global Church
August 16, 2017

Chilean Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, Pope Francis’s envoy to the celebration of the centennial of Blessed Oscar Romero’s birth, arrived August 12 in San Salvador to take part in different activities to mark the anniversary.

Conference offers a journey of hope to divorced Catholics

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
August 16, 2017

Journey of Hope Conference for Divorced Recovery conferences are held all over the country and provide the setting for people to experience hope, healing and mercy with others who are going through the same journey.

Sister Helen Garvey, former LCWR president, dies at 82

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
August 11, 2017

Sister Helen Garvey has died at the age of 82. Garvey was elected to the three-year presidency of the LCWR in 1986. In this role, she addressed St. John Paul II on behalf of American women religious when he visited San Francisco in 1987. On August 17, visitation will take place in the BVM motherhouse chapel at Mount Carmel in Dubuque.

Missouri Catholics say pro-life law ‘most significant in a generation’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
August 10, 2017

The executive director of the Missouri Catholic Conference says a new state law is the “strongest pro-life law passed in many decades.” The Catholic conference, which is the public policy agency for the state’s four Catholic dioceses, worked with Missouri Right to Life, Campaign Life Missouri and others to push for passage of the bill.

Chaplain offers Mass aboard ship for Marines killed in crash of Osprey

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
August 10, 2017

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services has commended U.S. military chaplains “who put their lives on the line daily to serve those who serve.” The archdiocese said that about 210 Catholic priests are currently on active duty in the U.S. armed forces. About four dozen of those priests serve in the Navy.