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by bcadmin | Dec 7, 2021 | Associated Press, Becket Fund, Church in the US, Iowa, News, religious liberty | 0 |
A state panel agreed Monday to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Catholic parishes, Church in the US, diocese of Davenport, Iowa, Murder, News | 0 |
Two 16-year-olds have been charged with killing Nohema Graber, who was a Spanish teacher at Fairfield High School. Her body was found in a city park Nov. 3, 2021.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2021 | Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the US, Ciudad Juarez, diocese of Davenport, diocese of El Paso, immigrants and refugees, Iowa, Mexico, News, Texas-Mexican border, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
Thirteen-hundred miles from home, a group from the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, on a border immersion trip encountered a young woman with two kids and a car with a flat tire in Ciudad Juárez.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 5, 2021 | Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of Davenport, Environment Ecology, Iowa, Laudato Si, News | 0 |
Delia Moon Meier, an executive of an Iowa company that runs “the world’s largest truck stop,” wants to make patrons driving electric vehicles feel just as comfortable as long-haul truckers filling their rigs with diesel fuel.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 2, 2021 | 100-mile pilgrimage, Diocese of Sioux City, Featured, Iowa, Iowa Catholics, News, Sioux Center, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Parishioners and supporters braved hot and humid weather with a heat index close to 100-plus degrees to participate in an almost 100-mile pilgrimage to recognize the sacrifice made by previous congregations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Des Moines, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, News, statute of limitations | 0 |
Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex abuse, the state attorney general says.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Des Moines, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, News | 0 |
Catholic priests sexually abused minors across Iowa for decades while church leaders covered it up, but reforms implemented in recent years have largely stopped the problem, a three-year review by Iowa’s attorney general concluded.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 4, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, diocese of Davenport, Iowa, Murder, News | 0 |
A senior high picture of Mollie Tibbetts, the 20-year-old college student slain while jogging in her Iowa hometown three years ago, remains pinned to the bulletin board of Angie Gritsch, the former youth minister at Tibbetts’ parish.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 2, 2021 | Archdiocese of Dubuque, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, Coronavirus pandemic, covid, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Des Moines, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, Iowa Catholic Conference, News, Pandemic, Vaccinations, Vaccines | 0 |
Getting vaccines to underserved populations in Iowa — immigrants, refugees, Hispanics, African Americans and other communities — needs to happen through their faith communities and other local groups they trust.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Associated Press, Becket Fund, Church in the US, Iowa, News, Religious Freedom | 0 |
University of Iowa administrators can be held liable for monetary damages for improperly barring a Christian student group that rejects homosexual relationships, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, in a victory for religious conservatives on college campuses.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 20, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Iowa, Natural disasters, News | 0 |
As congregations already were struggling with meeting restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic, a derecho caused millions of dollars of damage six months ago to religious centers across Iowa.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | Bridgann, Castle Grove, Faith, Iowa, News, Obituary, Prayer, Twenty Something | 0 |
I’ve never had to write an obituary. I realize how fortunate that makes me.
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