In wake of Kenosha violence, U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Committee Against Racism urges day of prayer and fasting
Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, speaks Nov. 13, 2019, during the USCCB’s fall general assembly in Baltimore. (CNS photo | Bob Roller) From The United...
Head of Network remembers Lewis as ‘determined, forceful, thoughtful’
Lewis, who was an icon of the civil rights movement and a colleague of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died July 17 after a six-month battle with advanced pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Lewis represented Georgia’s 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death.
Hard work, prayer can lead church to overcome racism, Bishop Fabre says
Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, speaks Nov. 13, 2019, during the USCCB’s fall general assembly in Baltimore. (CNS photo | Bob Roller) By...
MLB’s first woman coach a ‘go-getter’ at Jesuit university
Another barrier in the sports world was broken July 20 when Alyssa Nakken coached first base in the late innings of an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, thus becoming the first woman to appear in uniform on the field during a major league baseball game.
Catholic universities oppose ICE rule for international students
A man works with a laptop in this 2017 illustration photo. (CNS photo | Nguyen Huy Kham, Reuters) By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S. Catholic college and university leaders have joined the nation’s higher education...
