By Mary Farrow Franciscan University of Steubenville and the University of Dallas have reinstated their study-aboard programs, following COVID guidelines in the countries the faculty and students are visiting. Franciscan University of Steubenville’s study-abroad program is based in Gaming, Austria. Each semester about 200 students study and live in the Kartause, a restored 14th-century Carthusian […]
Bishop Kevin Sweeney of Paterson. Bishop Sweeney recalled that Pope Francis has called receiving vaccination “an act of love,” and that most of the diocese’s clerics and their staff have already been vaccinated. Read More: National Catholic Register
Justice DepartmentUS Attorney General Merrick Garland Texas’ law, which is designed to be enforced through private lawsuits, prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, around six weeks gestation, except in medical emergencies. Read More: National Catholic Register
Chesterton Schools NetworkThe intellectual life, the spiritual life and character development are the hallmarks of the Chesterton Schools Network. Classical education for high school gains students, even amid the pandemic. Read More: National Catholic Register
Vatican MediaPope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference from Slovakia on Sept. 15. The Pope may have been referring to Cardinal Raymond Burke, who was placed on a ventilator in August after testing positive for the coronavirus. Afterward, Cardinal Burke had continued to improve. Read More: National Catholic Register
By Father Raymond J. de Souza Archidiecezja Warszawska/KonfereCardinal Marcello Semeraro celebrates the beatification Mass of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski and Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka Sept. 12 in Warsaw, Poland. COMMENTARY: The Sept. 12 beatifications of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka contain many layers of spiritual fruit. Read More: National Catholic Register
Pope Francis visits Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck at her home in Rome, Feb. 20, 2021. / Vatican Media. Rome, Italy, Sep 15, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Edith Bruck said: “Your words about anti-Semitism … are more relevant than ever.” Read More: EWTN
Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons).Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg. Archbishop Heße announced in March that he was offering his resignation to Pope Francis and requesting “immediate release” from all duties. Read More: National Catholic Register
Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference from Slovakia, Sept. 15, 2021 / Vatican Media. Rome, Italy, Sep 15, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). He added that “one of these, poor guy, is hospitalized with the virus.” Read More: EWTN
Colm Flynn/CNAPope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference. The Pope’s comments during the in-flight press conference came at the end of his four-day visit to Hungary and Slovakia. Read More: National Catholic Register