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WASHINGTON — Like many across the country, Father William Gurnee and Father Gary Studniewski watched in horror as a rioting mob stormed and ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, attempting to disrupt Congress at it certified the Electoral College vote of President-elect Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON — Just days after the siege on the U.S. Capitol, several bishops, priests and deacons across the country used their pulpits during Jan. 9-10 weekend Masses in cathedrals, parishes and converted outdoor worship spaces, due to the pandemic, to address what happened in Washington and how people of faith should respond.
Here are the upcoming pro-life events this month that will be held socially distanced or online:
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads rather than using them to make a cross on people's foreheads.
Rental and utility emergencies are becoming increasingly common during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Catholic Charities and other nonprofits that provide emergency assistance and help administer government relief funds.
Every winter for the past 15 years, houses of worship in sprawling Fairfax County have partnered with the local government and area nonprofits in a program designed to ensure that no one experiencing homelessness has to sleep outside on dangerously cold nights because there is “no room at the inn” — or the local homeless shelter.
VATICAN CITY — Praising those who help the sick and praying for those who are sick, Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people.
WASHINGTON — A joint statement from two U.S. bishops who head different committees of the U.S. bishops called for an end to the federal use of the death penalty as "long past time."
The 2021 session of the Virginia General Assembly begins Jan. 13. This session will be unique in both form and substance. Due to COVID-19 precautions, all public input during committee hearings will be virtual. Also, committees will address far fewer bills than they typically do. Legislators have been given unusually tight limits on the number of bills they can file. Senators and delegates are in the process of making difficult decisions about which measures they will propose in 2021 and which ones they may save for a future year. Given these deliberations, very few bills have been filed as of Jan. 4, the date this article was written.
The death penalty and police reform are among racial justice issues that Catholic bishops and lobbyists are following closely in the Virginia General Assembly, said three legal experts who spoke on a panel Jan. 8.
