Church that gave free gas to hundreds of commuters suffers severe fire: ‘Didn’t stop the word’
A Tennessee church that, earlier this year, gave free gas to hundreds of commuters has suffered a serious fire at their property
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CRS stresses unity in its efforts to serve people around the world | Crux
Crux,Catholic Relief Services has demonstrated how it has worked with other Catholic agencies as “one church” to respond to debilitating humanitarian crises around the world, CRS leaders told U.S. bishops gathered for their fall general assembly.
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Catholics’ ‘power of generosity’ fuels annual #iGiveCatholic Giving Day | Crux
Crux,#iGiveCatholic Giving Day is a kickoff to the charitable season, and a way to bring the Catholic community together to give thanks and give back on #GivingTuesday, which refers to the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States.
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Bishops encouraged to be creative as synodal process begins | Crux
Crux,The synodal process the church is entering into is meant to show that “no one is unimportant in this time of listening,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, told his fellow bishops gathered for their annual fall general assembly.
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Prelates walk in solidarity with abuse victims on last day of bishops’ meeting | Crux
Crux,Before Thursday’s executive session to close the U.S. Bishops Conference fall plenary a group of U.S. prelates gathered in the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel lobby, pinned on a blue ribbon, and walked in solidarity with child sexual abuse survivors.
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Washington florist who declined to serve same-sex wedding to pay settlement, retire
A Christian florist who was sued after declining to create flower arrangements for a same-sex wedding ceremony and subsequently spent eight years in court will pay a small settlement and retire, rather than seek another U.S. Supreme Court hearing.
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Leading pro-life bishops: Catholic Church must be prepared if Roe overturned
The Catholic Church must be prepared to act if Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to the outgoing and incoming chairmen of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
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Christian college argues against co-ed housing requirement in appellate court
Attorneys representing a Christian college in Missouri delivered oral arguments Nov. 17 in federal court, seeking to preserve the school’s longstanding religiously held belief that men and women should be housed separately on campus.
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FIRST-PERSON: How a military funeral affirmed my beliefs on human dignity | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – This July my family witnessed the return of my grandmother’s beloved brother, U.S. Marine Capt. Edward Glenn Walker, from an unmarked grave in the South Pacific.
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Forget RCIA, meet OCIA: U.S. bishops approve big name change
The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, as it has been more commonly referred to, will have its name changed to Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, or OCIA, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops decided this week.
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LGBTQ+ Pride Group Stages ‘Drag Show’ in Georgia Church
A gay pride organization at Emory University recently held its annual drag show in a Methodist church affiliated with the Atlanta, Georgia, university.
