The life-size figures of 140 people of different cultures, races, eras and ages are all huddled together tightly in a boat. There’s a Cherokee man, an African slave, a young child, a pregnant woman. The fact that they’re cast in bronze only emphasizes their expressions and postures.
To the casual observer, it may appear as though Galen Rupp has lost a step as he placed sixth in the men's 10,000-meter final during the U.S. Olympic Trials in June.
A July 15 executive order from Gov. Tim Walz restricts a practice he describes as “conversion therapy.” But Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, views it as a counseling ban that denies young people who struggle with gender discordance and same-sex attraction access to the psychological sciences that could help them live in harmony with their bodies and with a healthy, rightly ordered sexuality that promotes human flourishing.
Every subscriber of digital services and smartphones which access personal information should be aware that their actions are no longer "private" -- even despite the best efforts and intentions of service providers.
A few hours before CNN's evening town hall with President Joe Biden on the campus of a Cincinnati Catholic university, the congregation of women religious that founded the school said the sisters were not involved in planning or hosting the July 21 event.
Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, has resigned from the post after the USCCB "became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr. Burrill," said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, USCCB president.