Church in the US

Ad campaign says most Americans favor abortion restrictions
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 25, 2016
A new pro-life ad campaign running as a lead-in to tonight’s presidential debate, sponsored by the political arm of the Washington-based March for Life organization, asserts that polling shows “an overwhelming majority of Americans [are] in favor of substantial restrictions on abortion.”
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Dolan says one year later, pope’s message of mercy endures in NY
- Church in the US, Interviews
- Sep 25, 2016
New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan says that when Pope Francis visited the Big Apple one year ago, he was probably expecting a cold metropolis with people only interested in making a buck, and what he found instead was a warm, exuberant milieu filled with deep faith.
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Urban ministry offers tips on talking to the homeless
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- Sep 25, 2016
Christ in the City, a Denver-based urban ministry, has a tip sheet for how to engage homeless persons in the street, including learning the person’s name and using it, and providing soft food rather than granola bars or apples because often the homeless have teeth problems.
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Struggling with Catholics, Trump taps conservative Catholic advisers
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- Sep 23, 2016
As Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to struggle with Catholic voters, his campaign has released a list of 33 prominent conservative Catholic advisers, including at least one who signed an earlier letter warning Catholics against Trump.
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What one Charlotte priest is telling his flock after police shooting
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- Sep 23, 2016
A Charlotte priest whose parish is just 500 yards away from the scene of a recent police shooting says, “If there were a Christian way forward, it would simply be one of drawing closer together and listening and relating, with a sense of vulnerability.”
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For Wuerl, Pope lowering the window in his Fiat said it all
- Church in the US, Interviews
- Sep 22, 2016
“The pope liked to ride with his window rolled down. He kept asking the driver to get him closer to the crowds,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. about Pope Francis’s visit last year. “it was a symbol to us– if you are going to reach people, invite people, touch people, ‘lower the window’.”
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