This is a publicity image in Spanish for the "Religious Signs for Families" app to help deaf children and their family members learn prayers in American Sign Language. The app is an initiative of the Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It will be available in early...Read More
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...Read More
Deacon James T. Munuhe of St. James Church in Charles Town, W.Va., helps bless the parish's new Our Lady of Fatima Shrine during its Oct. 14 dedication. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)Read More
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., uses incense as he venerates the new Our Lady of Fatima Shrine at St. James Church in Charles Town during the shrine's Oct. 14 dedication. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)Read More
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...Read More
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (Kevin Parks/CR Staff)Read More
In addition to its rank as a Co-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Minor Basilica, the church is also a National Shrine, Marian Shrine, and National Historic Landmark (Kevin Parks/ CR Staff)Read More
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with a group of students from a private Catholic school, "Institution des Chartreux," in Lyon, France, at the Vatican Oct. 19. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)Read More
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...Read More
Kyle Fuller (23), a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington, defends Breshard Perriman of the Baltimore Ravens. (Courtesy Jacob Funk/Chicago Bears)Read More
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)Read More
