WASHINGTON - Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, released a statement urging lawmakers to remember the needs of the poor and vulnerable as they consider additional relief packages related to the COVID-19 crisis.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and 11 men, including a miracle attributed to Blessed Charles de Foucauld.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) -- As the coronavirus digs deeper into Navajo Nation, infecting Native Americans at a higher rate than anywhere in the country, 1,500 miles away a nonprofit in the Archdiocese of Louisville is working to ease the suffering.
El drama y la tensión con la que hemos estado viviendo desde que COVID-19 comenzó a perturbar la vida tal como la conocemos en los Estados Unidos (y más allá) significa que para algunos de nosotros este día se ha retrasado, mientras que para otros todavía parece prematuro.
The drama and the tension that we have been living with since COVID-19 began to disrupt life as we know it in the United States (and beyond) means that for some of us this day is long overdue while for others it still seems premature.
More than 600 people across the archdiocese were preparing for the Sacraments of Initiation at Easter when the ceremonies welcoming them into the Church were postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Due to concerns and requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has cancelled Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Youth Camp for summer 2020.
The elders who call the Gospel of Life Dwellings (GOLD) home have been sheltering in place this spring, but the pandemic cut them off from the care and fellowship of many regular visitors and volunteers.
Archbishop Coakley has delegated the pastors of affected parishes to confirm the young people in each parish who have been preparing for Confirmation. This gives each parish the freedom to reschedule according to the needs of their particular situation.
OKARCHE – The Center of Family Love has experienced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on its main campus in Okarche. One of the 130 intellectually and physically disabled individuals the organization serves tested positive for COVID-19 on May 13.
Although now a part of the Tulsa Diocese, in 1911, the Catholic churches in the communities of McAlester, Krebs and Hartshorne were parishes in the Diocese of Oklahoma that covered the entire state. The compelling story of Father Dominic Tarizzo transcends current diocesan boundaries.
“The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf” (1 Cor. 11, 16-17).
Creating a new vaccine and bringing it to market typically requires more than a decade of research and clinical testing. Many companies and research groups are working overtime to shorten this timeline dramatically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri's May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic.
Archbishop Coakley has delegated the pastors of affected parishes to confirm the young people in each parish who have been preparing for Confirmation. This gives each parish the freedom to reschedule according to the needs of their particular situation.
“La copa de bendición que bendecimos, ¿no es comunión con la sangre de Cristo? Y el pan que partimos, ¿no es comunión con el cuerpo de Cristo? Así, siendo muchos formamos un solo cuerpo, porque el pan es uno y todos participamos del mismo pan.” (1 Cor 10, 16-17).
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO – El Vaticano anunció que conmemorará el quinto aniversario de la encíclica del papa Francisco sobre el medio ambiente con una serie de iniciativas de un año dedicadas a la protección y el cuidado de la Tierra.