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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seen during a Midnight Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral Dec. 25, 2014, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany, N.Y., urged Cuomo to stop the "Death Star" as he called a bill in the state Legislature to expand current state law on abortion. On Jan. 22, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe decision legalizing abortion nationwide, the Legislature passed the Reproductive Health Act and Cuomo, a Catholic, signed it into law. (CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters)

Some call for N.Y. governor to be excommunicated for supporting abortion

Catholic News Service
January 29, 2019
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Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s new expansive abortion measure into law Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, some Catholics have called for the governor, who is Catholic, to be excommunicated.

A marquee for Covington Catholic High School is seen Jan. 23 in Park Hills, Ky. Days after an encounter took place between Covington Catholic High School students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington, the Diocese of Covington announced it would begin a third-party investigation into what happened at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial following the annual March for Life Jan. 18. (CNS photo/Madalyn McGarvey, Reuters)

Bishop tells Covington Catholic High School community he stands with them

Laura Keener
January 28, 2019
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“Regardless of what you heard or what you’ve read or what you think, I am on your side. I want you to come out of this in a positive light,” the bishop said.

A Philippine army member inspects the damage inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo Jan. 27, 2019. (CNS photo/Armed Forces Of The Philippines via Reuters)

Church leaders call Philippine church attack ‘heinous and evil’ terrorism

Catholic News Service
January 28, 2019
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Church leaders condemned bomb explosions that killed at least 20 people and injured about 100 others inside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines Jan. 27. They called the attack a “heinous and evil” act of terrorism.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Panama City to Rome, Jan. 27, 2019. Also pictured is Msgr. Mauricio Rueda, papal trip planner. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Bishops must realize seriousness of abuse crisis, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
January 28, 2019
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The primary goal of the Vatican’s February summit on clerical sexual abuse and child protection is to help bishops understand the urgency of the crisis, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis arrives at Panama City's Rommel Fernandez Stadium Jan. 27, 2019, to thank World Youth Day volunteers for their service in making the event a reality. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

As World Youth Day closes, pope prompts volunteers to keep serving

Rhina Guidos
January 28, 2019
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Just before leaving the physical and human warmth of Panama Jan. 27, Pope Francis stopped to thank the thousands of official volunteers, young and old, gathered at the capital city’s Rommel Fernandez Stadium to tell them that they had just participated in an event similar to one that took place early in Christianity.  

Archbishop William E. Lori leads Stations of the Cross in the crypt church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Jan. 26. The event was part of the Panama in the Capital event, a stateside celebration at The Catholic University of America coinciding with World Youth Day in Panama City. (CS photo/Mihoko Owada)

Archbishop Lori leads Stations of the Cross during ‘Panama in the Capital’ event

Norma Montenegro Flynn
January 28, 2019
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As World Youth Day 2019 came to a close in Panama, about 1,400 young adults representing about 20 dioceses throughout the United States gathered Jan. 26 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., to join in the joy, prayer and fellowship of the global event.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time; Our Lady of Grace

Archbishop William E. Lori
January 27, 2019
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Believe it or not, dear friends, you and I are also called to be “a walking sermon”. Or, as the Second Vatican Council put it, we are to be “traveling messengers of Christ.” Now, the Council’s words, “travelling messengers of Christ”, were not directed only to members of the clergy, or to our heroic missionaries in far-flung lands, but rather to you, as members of the laity, as baptized members of the Body of Christ.

Pope Francis has lunch with a group of World Youth Day pilgrims at the San Jose seminary in Panama City Jan. 26, 2019. At right is Archbishop Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta of Panama. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

At lunch in Panama, U.S. pilgrim questions pope on abuse crisis

Junno Arocho Esteves
January 26, 2019
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While sharing a private lunch with pilgrims from around the world, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy and emphasized the need for unity and prayer, a U.S. pilgrim said.

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