SAN DIEGO — It’s hard to believe that something so small could cause so much harm. But, during the 2024-2025 flu season, almost 40,000 people in San Diego County caught the flu virus, and 220 died from it, compared to 63 deaths the previous season. Flu season typically runs from October to May, with the highest... The post Diocese to help promote flu vaccination appeared first on The Southern Cross.| The Southern Cross
With the blast of a horn, the dragon boat races paddled off Sept. 13 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. A fundraiser for Catholic Charities, the biennial race featured local businesses, nonprofits and college teams competing for the coveted dragon trophy while raising money for the nonprofit and its many programs.| Catholic Review
Mary Agnes Erlandson, the longtime director of Catholic Charities’ St. Margaret’s Center near LAX, is retiring after four decades.| Angelus News - Multimedia Catholic News
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — During a contentious hearing, a top Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 16 appeared to walk back a previous statement that Catholic entities are among the nongovernmental organizations subject to a probe by the committee about their work with migrants.| catholicreview.org
SAN DIEGO — Catholic Charities, in the Diocese of San Diego, continues to work on several fronts to support immigrant families, parishes and schools in the face of unprecedented actions from the federal government. Fulfilling its Gospel mission, the organization has provided emergency assistance to the most vulnerable in the community for more than a...| The Southern Cross
It’s a question with profound implications for millions of Americans: With the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law July 4, will families thrive or languish? Will poverty increase, or decrease? Will more go hungry, or will more be fed?| catholicreview.org
America’s Catholics are facing a crisis of authority. The social and economic realities of mass migration contradict the Vatican’s facile theologizing on open borders. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in accord with Pope Francis’ globalist conceits, opposes President Donald Trump’s resolve to curtail illegal migration. Catholics are caught between fidelity to ecclesial leadership and obedience to the just laws of our own country. Francis’ hostility to Trump is no sec...| Maureen Mullarkey: Studio Matters