Stories tagged: "Catholic"

Obituary FILE: Sister Megan Rice (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Obituary Pennsylvania Nun Imprisoned Over Peace Activism, Megan Rice, Dies at 91

"I had to do it," Rice said of her decision to break into a uranium facility in 2012. "My guilt is that I waited 70 years to be able to speak what I knew in my conscience."

Associated Press Associated Press October 18, 2021 10:31 am EDT
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Elections WATCH: Latino Christian Pastors Make the Case for Biden and Harris in New Ads

"I am a Christian and I am a believer in Joe Biden," the Rev. Eli Valentín says in the new Biden ad.

Araceli Cruz Araceli Cruz October 22, 2020 3:52 pm EDT
Commentary Nancy Sharts-Hopko, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is a professor in the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Villanova University)
Commentary I’m a Catholic Nurse. This Is Why Biden Is The Moral Choice For America.

"Catholic social teaching calls us to affirm the dignity of all people with particular concern for the poor and marginalized; stand for the common good; care for our neighbors; and seek social and distributive justice."

Nancy Sharts-Hopko Nancy Sharts-Hopko October 21, 2020 2:43 pm EDT
Coronavirus FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2020 file photo, Rev. Timothy Pelc blesses Easter baskets outside St. Ambrose Church in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. Pelc, wearing church vestments and protective gear, offered a prayer and sprayed holy water from a squirt gun instead of blessing baskets inside the church in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. (Natalie White via AP)
Coronavirus The Story of the Priest Blessing His Flock With a Holy Water Squirt Gun

This priest is giving out drive-by blessings, because social distancing, of course.

Ellen Chamberlain Ellen Chamberlain May 18, 2020 11:51 am EDT

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