Articles by Shannon Mullen
One 'core' issue may decide the Dobbs abortion case. Here's why
Dec 1, 2021 / 15:40 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week state abortion ban Wednesday, a high-stakes test of the settledness of legalized abortion in a deeply unsettled nation still sharply divided over the right to life.
House passes Build Back Better; bishops raise religious liberty, abortion objections
Nov 19, 2021 / 12:08 pmThe U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the Build Back Better Act Nov. 19, voting 220-213 to approve nearly $2 trillion in spending for a host of ambitious new domestic programs, including universal pre-kindergarten, increased child care subsidies, and initiatives aimed at shifting the country away from fossil fuels.
Why was Indy chosen for the Eucharistic Congress? The archbishop explains
Nov 18, 2021 / 00:00 amHalf of America lives within a day’s drive of Indianapolis. The U.S. bishops hope up to 100,000 of those people show up in the Circle City three years from now for the first national Eucharistic congress since 1976.
Bishops vote to launch National Eucharistic Congress
Nov 17, 2021 / 16:20 pmSeeking to rekindle devotion to the Eucharist, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted Nov. 17 to launch an ambitious, three-year revival initiative, culminating with a National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in 2024.
USCCB votes to inscribe Mother Teresa in the U.S. Liturgical Calendar
Nov 17, 2021 / 13:41 pmThe U.S. bishops voted to honor Mother Teresa each year in the Liturgical Calendar of the United States.
How did the bishops vote on the Eucharist document?
Nov 17, 2021 / 10:55 amThe U.S. Catholics bishops overwhelmingly voted to approve a new document on the Eucharist Wednesday that highlights the sacrament’s indispensable role in the life of the Church.
Archbishop Gomez: 'The Church exists to evangelize'
Nov 16, 2021 / 12:01 pmWhile the Catholic Church’s position in the world has altered, its evangelistic mission “does not change with the culture, or politics, or the spirit of the age,” Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles reminded his fellow bishops Nov. 16 at their fall assembly.
Men's March participants call on bishops to take firm stand against abortion, pro-abortion politicians
Nov 15, 2021 / 17:24 pmApproximately 200 men and boys from across the country took part in the pro-life Men’s March in Baltimore on Nov. 15, the first day of the U.S. bishops' fall assembly.
Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas abortion ban
Nov 1, 2021 / 14:27 pmThe U.S. Supreme Court spent nearly three hours Monday hearing arguments in a pair of cases challenging Texas’ new abortion ban. Now the justices must decide what action, if any, to take in response to a state law crafted expressly to ward off the court’s intervention.
Indigenous prayers, dancing in San Bernardino Synod Mass spark backlash
Oct 23, 2021 / 11:33 amThe Diocese of San Bernardino says its opening Mass for the Synod on Synodality Oct. 17 sought to celebrate the California diocese’s rich cultural diversity and welcome those on the “periphery” of the Church.
America's return to God after 9/11 didn't last long, priest says
Sep 14, 2021 / 16:19 pmFather John A. Perricone recalled how his noon Mass at St. Agnes in Manhattan on 9/11 was packed with people, many of them caked in ash from the towers’ collapse. But that initial outpouring of faith soon gave way to America's deepening secularization.
Unvaccinated clergy in Lexington, Kentucky barred from ministering to the sick and homebound elderly
Sep 14, 2021 / 08:10 amPriests of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 may not minister to the sick and elderly who are homebound, Bishop John Stowe has directed.
Afghan Christian’s plea to CNA: ‘You are my last hope’
Sep 8, 2021 / 15:12 pmAn Afghan Christian's desperate email to CNA triggered a painstaking effort to try to help him escape the Taliban's wrath. But as many aid groups and others have experienced, there have been bureaucratic obstacles at every turn.
Cardinal Burke tweets that his condition is improving
Aug 28, 2021 / 21:38 pmIn a tweet posted Aug. 28, the 73-year-old Cardinal Burke thanked the health care professionals who have cared for him during his hospitalization and the countless people who have offered prayers on his behalf as he recovers from the effects of COVID-19.
Desperate Afghan Christians turned away at airport, aid groups say
Aug 25, 2021 / 14:56 pmLooming over the deepening humanitarian crisis is a deadline of Friday for civilian evacuation operations at the Kabul airport to give way to the transport of the remaining 5,400 U.S. military personnel in the country in order to meet a target date of Aug. 31, set months ago by the Biden administration, for a complete U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan.