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June 17, 2020

Catholic composer denies claims of sexual misconduct; publisher cuts ties

Catholic composer David Haas denies allegations of sexual misconduct with adult women that led his music publisher, GIA Publications, to suspend its relationship with him.
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June 17, 2020

Christians called to intercede for, not condemn, others, pope says

True believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer, Pope Francis said.
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June 16, 2020

HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops

The chairmen of three U.S. bishops' committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore "the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of 'sex' means just that and does not refer to 'termination of pregnancy' nor 'gender identity.'"
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June 15, 2020

Detroit archdiocese responds to derogatory attacks on Washington archbishop

Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron and the Archdiocese of Detroit in a June 11 statement condemned "racist and derogatory" language used by a fringe organization located in the archdiocese that bills itself as Catholic and posted a video calling the archbishop of Washington an "African Queen," saying he is an "accused homosexual."
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June 15, 2020

USCCB president ‘deeply concerned’ about impact of court’s LGBT ruling

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is "deeply concerned" that by ruling federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court "has effectively redefined the legal meaning of 'sex' in our nation's civil rights law."
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June 15, 2020

Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination

In a 6-3 vote June 15, the Supreme Court said LGBT people are protected from job discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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June 12, 2020

Catholic activist has been anti-hunger, anti-war, not ‘antifa,’ friends say

Catholic activist Martin Gugino long has been anti-war, anti-hunger, anti-violence, when it comes to opposing social ills, but the one "anti" that doesn't fit the bill is the "antifa" moniker President Donald Trump tried to pin on him in a June 9 tweet, friends say.
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June 11, 2020

State Department report: China among worst offenders of religious freedom

Top U.S. State Department officials singled out China as one of the world's worst offenders of religious freedom because it had subjected religious minorities to imprisonment and forced labor.
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June 11, 2020

Newly named St. Louis archbishop shares mom’s advice to him: ‘Don’t get a big head’

Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski traveled from Springfield to the St. Louis Archdiocese as its newly named archbishop with this advice from his mother, Jean: "Don't get a big head."
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June 11, 2020

Trump tweets he’s ‘honored’ by former nuncio’s letter

President Donald Trump said he was "honored" by an open letter from a former Vatican official who claimed that restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were part of a Masonic plot to establish a new world order.
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June 9, 2020

Pope creates fund for workers in Rome struggling in wake of pandemic

With so many people left unemployed or in a precarious position because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis launched a fund aimed specifically at helping people in Rome struggling economically in the wake of the crisis.
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June 8, 2020

Josephites among religious and laity joining ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests

"The Catholic voice as a group, as a family needs to be heard," said Father Cornelius Ejiogu, a member of the Baltimore-based Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, best known as the Josephites.
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