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Activists and DACA recipients are seen in New York City Feb. 15. The group is walking 250 miles to Washington to demand Congress pass a "clean" bill with no conditions to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, such as the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

El Arzobispo Lori se une al llamado de los obispos de E.E.U.U. para salvar a DACA

Catholic News Service
February 21, 2018
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“Nuestra fe nos mueve a estar con los vulnerables, incluidos nuestros hermanos y hermanas inmigrantes… Ahora debemos mostrar nuestro apoyo y solidaridad de una manera especial,” dijeron los obispos.

Activists and DACA recipients are seen in New York City Feb. 15. The group is walking 250 miles to Washington to demand Congress pass a "clean" bill with no conditions to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, such as the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Archbishop Lori supports call-in day to urge Congress to save DACA

Catholic News Service
February 21, 2018
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“We are deeply disappointed that the Senate was not able to come together in a bipartisan manner to secure legislative protection for the Dreamers,” the USCCB officials said in a joint statement Feb. 19.

Father Ireneusz Ekiert, administrator of Mary Help of Christians Church in Parkland, Fla., leads parishioners during an outdoor Stations of the Cross service Feb. 16 dedicated to the victims and survivors of the deadly mass shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. At least 17 people were killed when 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz stormed the school with an AR-15 semi-automatic style weapon. At least one member of the parish was among those killed, according to the parish administrator. (CNS photo/Tom Tracy)

Church’s Lenten observance dedicated to shooting victims, their families

Tom Tracy
February 20, 2018
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A parish community less than two miles away and directly impacted by the Feb. 14 school shooting at a Broward County high school is finding new purpose in Lent this year, according to the parish administrator.

Corey Dregier, drummer for the music ministry at St. Francis de Sales in Abingdon, used the power of prayer and music to aid in his recovery following a series of life-threateing medical issues. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Faith keeps young parishioner strong in battle with brain cancer and Lyme disease

George P. Matysek Jr.
February 19, 2018
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Despite brutal twin diagnoses of Lyme disease and brain cancer, 26-year-old Corey Dregier maintains a positive attitude and zest for life.

Kristin Burton, from left, her son, Alex; and Kristin's husband, Ross, attend the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion liturgy at St. John Neumann Church in Annapolis Feb. 18. The Burtons will be welcomed into the Catholic Church as a family during Easter Vigil at St. Mary Church. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Annapolis family finds home in the Catholic faith

Emily Rosenthal Alster
February 19, 2018
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Nearly 700 catechumens and candidates participated in the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion at three locations across the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Lupita Nyong'o and Chadwick Boseman star in a scene from the movie "Black Panther." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Walt Disney Pictures)

Movie Review: ‘Black Panther’

John Mulderig
February 19, 2018
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Though the mayhem on screen, which ranges from hand-to-hand combat to a high-flying, high-tech dogfight, is treated with restraint, touches of vulgarity may give some parents of older teens pause. Weighing on the other side of the scale, however, is the racial empowerment that drives the narrative and the significant themes the film tackles in a thoughtful way.

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