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Sister Kathleen Schipani, director of the Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is pictured during an interview in Rome Oct. 20. Her office is launching the "Religious Signs for Families" app to help deaf children and their family members learn prayers in American Sign Language. It will be available in early November in Apple's App Store and Google Play. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Signs of the Spirit: App teaches blessings, how to pray in ASL

Carol Glatz
October 20, 2017
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When a child is born deaf into a hearing family, they shouldn’t have to miss out on learning Catholic prayers or religious terms as they learn American Sign Language.

The death chamber table is seen in 2010 at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Pope Francis' recent statement that the death penalty is incompatible with the Gospel is viewed by some as a development of doctrine and by others as a departure from church teaching. (CNS photo/courtesy Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Department of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)

Pope’s pro-life challenge: Respect all life, oppose death penalty

Cindy Wooden
October 20, 2017
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ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ recent statement on the death penalty focused less on the government’s role and more on the need to defend the dignity of human life.

A woman holds a sign showing her support for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, during a rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 26. Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee, told the U.S. government Oct. 17 that current TPS recipients from El Salvador and Honduras "cannot return to safely to their home country at this time" and urged their TPS status be extended. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishops’ migration chairman asks for extension of immigration status

Catholic News Service
October 19, 2017

The U.S. government will consider in early November whether to extend for some inmigrants what’s known as Temporary Protected Status or TPS.

Adrian Amos (38), a graduate of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, turned his first NFL interception for the Chicago Bears into a 90-yard touchdown return that helped the visitors beat the Baltimore Ravens Oct. 15, 27-24. (Courtesy Jacob Funk/Chicago Bears)

Products of Calvert Hall, Mount St. Joe help Bears down Ravens

Jeff Seidel
October 18, 2017
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Adrian Amos and Kyle Fuller combined their strength and intellect to hurt the Ravens. The Amos-Fuller connection is ironic in multiple ways.

Josh Brolin stars in a scene from the movie "Only the Brave." 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/Columbia)

Movie Review: ‘Only the Brave’

Joseph McAleer
October 18, 2017
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The heartbreaking true story of an elite Arizona firefighting team comes to the big screen in “Only the Brave” (Columbia).

Activists with the Lancaster Against Pipelines carry a banner in late April during the People's Climate March in Washington. Nearly two dozen people were arrested Oct. 16 as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia, Pa. (CNS photo/Mark Dixon, Wikimedia Commons)

Protesters arrested for blocking pipeline work through nuns’ property

Dennis Sadowski
October 18, 2017
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Nearly two dozen people, including a juvenile, were arrested as they blocked workers from starting construction of a short leg of a natural gas pipeline.

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