Recent Supreme Court Decision Supports Religious Liberty
July 2nd, 2020PHOTO: Montana resident Kendra Espinoza, a key plaintiff in a religious rights case involving school choice, poses for a photo in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with her daughters Sarah and Naomi Jan. 19, 2020. The court ruled June 30 that religious schools can not be excluded from Montana’s school tax-credit program. (CNS photo/Will […]
U.S. Bishops Respond to SCOTUS Decision on Abortion
June 29th, 2020On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in an abortion case out of Louisiana, June Medical Services v. Russo. The Court ruled 5 to 4 to strike down the Louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in […]
U.S. Bishops Welcome Supreme Court Decision on DACA
June 29th, 2020On Thursday, June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion preventing the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On November 12, 2019, the Court heard the challenge to the Trump Administration’s DACA repeal efforts, in which U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of maintaining […]
Bishop Urges Compassion on World Refugee Day
June 19th, 2020First observed 20 years ago, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the world on June 20. According to a recent news release from U.S. Catholic Bishops, the world is currently facing the biggest forced migration crisis since World War II. Due to the current pandemic, very few refugees will be able to access protection in […]
Diocese Celebrates Local Ordination and Universal Sanctification of Priests
June 17th, 2020This year, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests will be celebrated Friday, June 19, just one day before the ordination of six men to the priesthood for the Diocese of St. Augustine. Occurring annually on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification […]
Knights of Columbus Silver Rose Comes to Jacksonville
June 12th, 2020Each year, from early March through mid-December, Silver Roses are stewarded by Knights of Columbus councils along routes from Canada to Mexico. Every stop the Silver Rose makes throughout the pilgrimage is a rosary-centered occasion for Knights, parishioners, and community members to pray for respect for life, for the spiritual renewal of each nation, and […]
Pope Francis Congratulates Bishop Felipe Estévez for his Golden Jubilee
June 11th, 2020Bishop Felipe J. Estévez of the Diocese of St. Augustine celebrates his Golden Jubilee (50 years of priesthood) this year. Bishop Estévez was born in Havana, Cuba, and came to the United States as part of Operation Pedro Pan as a teenager. He was ordained a priest in Fort Wayne, Ind. on May 30, 1970, […]
Bishop Estévez Urges Duval County Faithful to Address Changes to HRO
June 4th, 2020In 2017, Jacksonville City Council added language that broadened the protected classes of people to include sexual orientation gender identity and expression to a list of nine characterizations such as race, age, gender, and religion that were already protected from discrimination under the city’s Human Rights Ordinance. Bishop Felipe Estévez is calling Catholics of Duval […]
What is it like to graduate during a pandemic?
June 3rd, 2020By Savanna Kearney Although every graduating class has its defining moments, the class of 2020 is certainly unique. It is the only class of graduates in recent history to have their senior year disrupted by a global pandemic. Here are what the valedictorians from four Catholic high schools in the Diocese of St. Augustine had […]
“Indifference is Not an Option”
June 1st, 2020Statement from U.S. Bishops on Racism Seven U.S. bishop chairmen of committees within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a statement in the wake of the death of Mr. George Floyd and the protests which have broken out in Minneapolis and in other cities in the United States. “We are broken-hearted, sickened, and […]
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