John Garvey, president of Catholic University, stepping down (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. The 72-year-old, who is the university’s third lay president, said in a letter to the university community that he initially hoped to “contribute something to building up the institution” when he started his position and “did not foresee how much I would fall in love with it…”
Father Kapaun’s remains return to Kansas (The Wichita Eagle) An honor guard made up of men and women from all branches of the military escorted Kapaun’s flag-draped remains outside past more than 50 saluting soldiers on one side and white coated lab anthropologists and lab technicians on the other. Ray and Lee Kapaun walked a few steps behind, with Johnie Webb beside them; Johnie is a deputy director of the Hawaii based search teams and a legend among former POWs and fellow MIA searchers. Ray wept as the hearse took his uncle…
40 Days for Life campaign begins (CNS) The national 40 Days for Life organization launched its fall campaign Sept. 22, with volunteers in over 1,000 cities across the country planning to pray, fast and hold 24-hour vigils outside abortion clinics. They also will participate in outreach to the community to promote awareness about abortion and outreach directly to women considering abortion…
Bishop who had COVID slams anti-vaxxers as “sinners”(UCANews) People who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are sinners for endangering other people, according to an Indonesian archbishop who has been infected with the virus. “Let’s not say that I don’t need to be vaccinated. If you don’t want to be vaccinated, you are actually a sinner because you will become a source of the disease for other people,” said Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke. He was speaking at a Mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in West Olilit, Maluku, on Sept. 22…
