CATONSVILLE, Md. (CNS) -- When Audrey Powers went boldly into space Oct. 13 with the actor who played the original Captain Kirk on "Star Trek," the thoughts, prayers and cheers of Mount de Sales Academy, her alma mater, went with her.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Just two days after this year's Boston Marathon, the Supreme Court revisited the bombing at the 2013 race that killed three people and injured hundreds. In oral arguments Oct. 13, a majority of the justices seemed prepared to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, responding to an appeal originally sought by the Trump administration but continued by the current Justice Department.
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ROSEMONT, Pa. (CNS) -- Sister Megan Rice, whose yearslong crusade against nuclear weapons included serving two years behind bars for a felony, died Oct. 10 at the Rosemont residence of her religious order, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. She was 91.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- This past June at their annual meeting, the U.S. bishops spoke about helping Catholics come to a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Eucharist through an upcoming eucharistic revival and a document on the Eucharist.
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WEST PARK, Fla. (CNS) -- Libby Johnson, a retired delivery room nurse, has prayed near a Miramar, Florida, abortion clinic for the past six years for miracles that would close the facility and end abortions there.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Supreme Court, which is set to take up a major abortion case later this term, heard oral arguments Oct. 12 on a procedural question on a state's abortion law. Specifically, the justices examined whether Kentucky's attorney general, Republican Daniel Cameron, could defend an abortion law from three years ago that has been struck down by the lower courts.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When they meet in person for their fall general assembly Nov. 15-18 in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops will be voting for a treasurer-elect for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and for chairmen-elect for five standing committees.
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MERRIMACK, N.H. (CNS) -- Given the challenges facing the Catholic Church and the faithful in the world today, the rosary "is our true weapon, which heaven gave us for our time," said Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) -- The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center in New Haven has opened an online exhibition centering on the Knights of Columbus connection with baseball, which spans almost a century and a half.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Biden administration 'is wrong' to allow Title X family planning funds to be used for abortion, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
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DETROIT (CNS) -- Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and vowed themselves to the Lord as consecrated virgins.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The percentage of Catholic Americans who viewed Pope Francis favorably in September differs little, if at all, from the results of a similar poll conducted in March. The Pew Research Center reported Oct. 7 that 83% of U.S. Catholics view the pope favorably, up one percentage point from a Pew poll taken in March.
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MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) -- Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile "has begun the quarantine process" at his residence after testing positive for COVID-19 Oct. 4. "Fortunately, Archbishop Rodi is fully vaccinated and a full recovery is anticipated," the archdiocese said in a statement. He was tested when he "felt mild flulike symptoms."
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After a prayer rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 4, Students for Life of America and the Justice Foundation released the "Moral Outcry Petition," a call for the court to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Those involved in the "sacred responsibilities of justice, public service and diplomatic work" must administer justice in a spirit of mercy and fraternity, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations said Oct. 3 during the 69th annual Red Mass in Washington.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returns to its standard routine: hearing arguments in person and taking on hot-button issues. The big cases, among the 34 it has so far agreed to hear, include those on abortion, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty issues related to a death penalty case and religious schools excluded from a state school choice program.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) -- After a successful run on ABC affiliates throughout the U.S., "Enduring Faith," a Knights of Columbus documentary on the legacy of the Catholic faith among Indigenous communities in North America, is now available to all.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Social hostilities against religious believers and churches dipped in 2019, according to a Pew Research Center report issued Sept. 30. Government hostilities toward religion, though, remained at their highest level since Pew started conducting this research a dozen years ago.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The leaders of three U.S. Catholic organizations hope to have a million people pray and promote the daily rosary during the month of October for "the end to legal abortion in America and an outpouring of support for expectant mothers," according to their announcement on the joint effort.
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WESTERLY, R.I. (CNS) -- Father Raymond Suriani, pastor emeritus of St. Pius X Parish in Westerly, visited with a few close friends, family and parishioners around the rectory dining table Aug. 31. Green and yellow balloons tied to his chair danced as his loved ones enjoyed sweet treats and sips of Del's lemonade.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said current conditions in Haiti allowed for the return of some of the estimated 14,000 Haitian migrants who crossed earlier in September from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (CNS) -- Bishop John B. McCormack, who led the Diocese of Manchester for 13 years, died Sept. 21 at age 86. The diocese said in a posting on its website that Bishop McCormack died at Mount Carmel Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Manchester.
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PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Ninety-six priests, brothers, sisters and laypeople on five continents now have the chance to study in Rome as part of The Papal Foundation's St. John Paul II Scholarship Program.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Filipino Catholics in the Washington area made a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to celebrate a 500-year journey of faith that continues.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As part of the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic Church's annual Respect Life Month celebration in October "highlights the example of that great saint" as protector of life, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (CNS) -- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said he is continuing steady progress in his recovery from COVID-19, but explained that it is slow going in a letter to supporters and friends. In a letter dated Sept. 25, the 73-year-old cardinal thanked people "with all my heart, for your faithful and generous prayers for the recovery of my health."
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Texas abortion providers urged the Supreme Court Sept. 23 to once again, and quickly, review their challenge to the state law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) -- A father and his two sons, members of the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, walked part of the famous Camino de Santiago -- the Way of St. James -- in Spain this summer.
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America in Washington since 2010, announced Sept. 22 that he will be stepping down from the role he described as "an honor and a privilege" at the end of June.
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BETHESDA, Md. (CNS) -- For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began many years ago and winds through several roads.
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RICHMOND, Va. (CNS) -- Around 1,500 pro-lifers from around the state gathered at the Capitol in Richmond for the annual Virginia March for Life Sept. 17. Attendees sported pro-life T-shirts and carried homemade signs proclaiming the goodness of life and urging the protection of the unborn. The crowd listened to speakers before marching through the streets of the capital.
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