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First responders and residents walk amid debris and destroyed homes Oct. 11 after Hurricane Michael swept through Mexico Beach, Fla. The Category 4 storm raged through the Florida Panhandle into Georgia Oct. 10 as the most powerful storm to hit the continental United States in decades, turning homes into piles of lumber and flooding subdivisions.
Diocese helps with hurricane relief
In the wake of recent natural disasters, the Jefferson City diocese contributed $10,000 to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Bishop W. Shawn McKnight authorized a payment of $5,000 … more
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Washington state’s Supreme Court strikes down death penalty
The Catholic bishops of Washington state Oct. 11 applauded the unanimous decision of the state Supreme Court striking down the death penalty as unconstitutional. The court ruled its use is … more
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Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the conference, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11. In his speech at the synod Archbishop Gomez called for Church leaders to model holiness by living the Gospel they preach.
SYNOD OF BISHOPS — Inspire young people to be ‘everyday saints,’ archbishop says
To “capture the imagination” of young people and inspire them, Church leaders should offer them the example of modern saints and call young people to be “everyday saints, each in … more
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Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula of of Davenport, Iowa, right, talks with pro-life advocates inside the Life & Family Medical Clinic in late September in Bettendorf, Iowa. From left are: Dr. Tim Millea, Mary Jones, Beth Millea and Linda Rubey, executive director of the Women’s Choice Center in Bettendorf, which shares the building with the medical clinic expected to open in early 2019.
Faith-centered primary care clinic takes place of Iowa abortion facility
Before Planned Parenthood of the Heartland opened its Bettendorf clinic in 1999, pro-life advocates prayed fervently against construction of the facility and dropped religious medals into the earth … more
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Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., addresses a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 4.
SYNOD OF BISHOPS — Synod about learning from Christ, not producing document, bishop says
The point of the Synod of Bishops on young people is not primarily to produce a document, but instead is to learn from Christ how to “bring God’s mercy into the world,” Bishop Frank … more
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A boy in New Mexico kisses his father through the fence following a 2014 Mass at the U.S.-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. A report from two leading faith-based agencies serving immigrants entering the United States from Mexico and Central America called on the federal government to end a policy of separating children from their families and help families comply with immigration law.
Report: Immigrant aid agencies urge end to family separation policies
A report from two leading faith-based agencies serving immigrants entering the United States from Mexico and Central America called on the federal government to end a policy of separating children … more
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Contractors play basketball with residents amid debris Oct. 16 in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Springfield, Fla. The hurricane killed at least 16 people in Florida, most of them in the coastal county that took a direct hit from the storm, state emergency authorities said. That’s in addition to at least 10 deaths elsewhere across the South.
‘Every parish, rectory in hurricane zone’ suffering, says Church official
The physical impact of Hurricane Michael and the anticipated recovery period for parts of the Florida Panhandle appear to be on a scale of last year’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the … more
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Girls hold U.S. and Kenyan flags as they wait to greet U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec as he visits a President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief project for girls’ empowerment in early March in Nairobi, Kenya. Two Catholic leaders Oct. 15 applauded congressional reauthorization of PEPFAR, opening the door for final passage of a bill to keep the program in place for another five years.
Catholic leaders welcome PEPFAR reauthorization in Congress
Two Catholic leaders applauded congressional committees for reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, opening the door for final passage of a bill to keep the program in … more
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Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation as Washington archbishop
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the Pope’s decision was announced Oct. 12, the … more
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First responders and residents walk amid debris and destroyed homes Oct. 11 after Hurricane Michael swept through Mexico Beach, Fla. The Category 4 storm raged through the Florida Panhandle into Georgia Oct. 10 as the most powerful storm to hit the continental United States in decades, turning homes into piles of lumber and flooding subdivisions.
Florida diocese moving from prayer to action in wake of Hurricane Michael
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which left 13 known dead and more than 1 million without power two days after it ravaged the Florida panhandle, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, whose territory … more
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A victims family members mourn during a candlelight vigil Oct. 8 in Amsterdam, N.Y., for the victims of the limousine crash in Schoharie. The driver, Scott Lisincchia, 53, died in the Oct. 6 accident along with the 17 others inside the limousine and two pedestrians. It is the deadliest road accident in the United States in more than 13 years.
Limousine crash ‘heartbreaking, gut-wrenching’ for New York community
Among the 20 people killed in a devastating limousine accident Oct. 6 in Schoharie were several victims who had connections to parishes, schools and Catholic organizations of the Albany … more
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Church leaders must face truth of abuse, Cardinal DiNardo says
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference welcomed Pope Francis’ pledge to fight attempts to cover up cases of sexual abuse and to stop offering special treatment to bishops who … more
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Gary Johnson sits outside his home in Trent Woods, North Carolina, Sept. 22. The house was flooded during Hurricane Florence, and Johnson, his wife, Megan, and their two daughters are unable to live in it.
Volunteer help with cleanup after Florence called an act of ‘faith, love’
Nancy Sciara’s “insides were shaking.” She woke up, she said, unsure of what to expect from the day. Sciara, 84, was widowed 12 days earlier. And, four days after that, she … more
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‘Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent’
‘Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent’ is theme of Respect Life Month Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C. Each year the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life … more
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Delegates from the Diocese of Jefferson City attend a plenary session during the closing day of the National Encuentro in Grapevine, Texas.
Attendees return home from Encuentro with hopes, eagerness to share gifts with the entire Church
Participants in the Fifth National Encuentro — including five from the Jefferson City diocese — returned to their dioceses and parishes with many challenges and hopes. Among them, … more
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Pope Francis meets with officials representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Vatican Sept. 13. Pictured from left are Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of conference, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, and Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, general secretary of the conference.
U.S. bishops tell Pope abuse scandal ‘lacerated’ the Church
The leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the Church in the United States has been “lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse.” “He … more
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This is the cover of the USCCB “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.”
National Review Board outlines steps needed to end abuse
  Click here to read the National Review Board’s full statement. More committees are not the answer to stop the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by clergy, said an Aug. 28 … more
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Worshippers attend a candlelight procession in 2016 at the annual Skaro Pilgrimage in Alberta. The shrine was built in 1919 by Polish pioneers who hauled 600 wagonloads of stones to the site.
After 100 years, Marian shrine in Alberta still draws thousands
It’s easy to drive by the stone grotto at the Skaro shrine for those who don’t know its history. Tucked in a corner between two rural Canadian highways, due north of Lamont and 50 … more
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Pro-life advocates celebrate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 9 after lawmakers voted against a bill that would have legalized abortion. The Senate voted against the bill, dashing the hopes of supporters of legal abortion in the predominantly Catholic country, homeland of Pope Francis.
Argentina Senate votes down abortion decriminalization bill
The Argentine Senate voted against a bill that would have decriminalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. Senators voted 38-31 against the measure early Aug. 9 following a … more
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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori offers his homily Aug. 7 during the opening Mass of the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus at the Baltimore Convention Center.
Baltimore history, culture have a place at Knights of Columbus convention
The chalice on the center of the altar was given by the Pope to the third archbishop of Baltimore nearly two centuries ago. The local welcome crew wore vests that included the outline of a … more
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