Pope greets athletes promoting human dignity (Vatican News) Pope Francis greeted athletes taking part in the “We Run Together” initiative, and thanked them for helping promote a model of sport which builds bridges and heals wounds…
Nebraska priest sues Omaha archdiocese for defamation (AP) A Catholic priest is suing the Omaha Archdiocese for defamation nearly two years after he was removed from his parish in northeast Nebraska and listed among a group of clergy found to be credibly accused of sexual misconduct…
Cardinal Jaworski, once a ‘secret cardinal,’ dies at 94 (CNS) Cardinal Marian Jaworski, a close friend of St. John Paul II and former Latin-rite archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine, died Sept. 5 at the age of 94. His friendship with St. John Paul began in the 1950s and lasted until the pope’s death in 2005. Jaworski was one of the very few guests who regularly stayed in the papal apartments when visiting Rome. And, he was a “secret” cardinal for three years…
Report shows more unionized workers at Catholic workplaces (CNS) The 2020 edition of the annual “Gaudium et Spes Labor Report” issued by the Catholic Labor Network has found more than 600 Catholic institutions with unionized workforces…
Mundelein seminary accepting nominations for ‘hero priests’ (CNA) Through Sept. 14, Mundelien Seminary is accepting nominations of “hero priests” throughout the United States who went above and beyond during the weeks when public Masses and other normal parish activities were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic…
Missionary priest advocates for the homeless in Hong Kong (UCANews) Father John Wotherspoon of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate walks through the Yau Ma Tei area each day looking to help homeless people. The priest is familiar to many because he has been trying to help “McRefugees” for more than a decade…
