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Catholic official not giving up on DREAM Act
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Although the U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation that would have helped children of undocumented immigrants work toward legal status and get a college education, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed confidence Sept. 24 that the idea “is gaining more support on the merits.”
Report: Catholic Worker groups wrongly investigated by FBI
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A handful of Catholic Worker groups across the country were among the anti-war activists, environmentalists and animal-rights groups wrongly investigated by the FBI, according to a lengthy report released Sept. 20 by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General.
Blue Hawaii
Elvis Presley, portrayed by Berry Humphrey, serenades couples dancing during the second annual Luau Sept. 18 at St. Mary Church in North Little Rock. (Arkansas Catholic photo)
Fundraiser, Cajun style
Gumbo Ya-Ya Best of Show winners Cindy Greenwood and Judy Brown pose Sept. 18 with Grand Knight Don Brown at St. Joseph Church in Fayetteville. (Arkansas Catholic photo)
Chicago priest to host weekly national program on WGN
CHICAGO (CNS) — A Chicago archdiocesan priest who teaches systematic theology and is a well-known homilist with a popular evangelization website and radio program is now launching a weekly national program on a commercial TV network.
By your actions, how can you teach others to respect human life?
I would give people food, water, shelter and money to help them get by. I would buy clothes they need. People need shoes so their feet won’t hurt. (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
75th anniversary of Social Security: What is its future?
WASHINGTON (CNS) — It seems like it has been around forever, but Social Security is only 75 years old.
Feast day for Cardinal Newman has ecumenical implications
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When Pope Benedict XVI beatified Cardinal John Henry Newman in mid-September, he announced the new blessed’s feast day as Oct. 9 — not the date of his death, which is typical for feast days, but the date of Cardinal Newman’s passage from Anglicanism into the Catholic Church.
Pro-life needs faithfulness more than passion, zeal
The 23rd annual National Life Chain is Sunday, Oct. 3, from 2-3 p.m. People of various ages and race, both men and women, boys and girls, will stand shoulder to shoulder to witness publicly to the sanctity of life. The national organization expects at least 1,200 Life Chains; last year 1,450 cities in the United States and Canada supported the prayer chain. (Columns)
Truth behind pro-choice headlines
October is Respect Life Month and there are lots of hot topics in the news about the pro-choice movement to ponder. Here are two of them. (Editorial)
