Retired Pope Benedict resting, able to participate in Mass December 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he again had a restful night and was able to participate in the celebration of Mass in his room.
Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022 December 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, Vatican, World News Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply “immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work,” said the editor of Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service.
Archbishop Broglio visits Ukraine, meets with military chaplains December 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met with top Ukrainian military chaplains Dec. 29 in Kyiv.
Oregon commutations, Oklahoma scheduling pace key death penalty report December 30, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Even though 2022 was another year with fewer than 30 executions, more than half of those were in just two states, Oklahoma and Texas.
Seminarian’s cross made from an old pew part of new seminary’s future December 29, 2022By Kevin Shinkle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Made from an old pew found in the basement of a chapel at the current seminary, the cross will pay homage to the school’s illustrious past, while looking to the future under the care of Christ.
Pope Benedict stable and alert a day after Pope Francis asks for prayers December 29, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The day after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he had had a restful night and described him as being in serious, but stable condition.
Most popular stories and commentaries of 2022 on CatholicReview.org December 29, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News The most-read local stories and commentaries on CatholicReview.org for 2022
Supreme Court keeps Title 42 restriction on border entry in place for now December 28, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News In an end-of-the year decision, the Supreme Court Dec. 27 ruled that a federal public health rule that allows immigration officials at the border to quickly turn away migrants seeking asylum could stay in place while legal challenges to the policy played out.
Aquila: Media claim church teaching helped prompt gay bar shooting is ‘lie’ December 28, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Journalism, News, World News Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called it irresponsible and a “flat out lie” for The Denver Post daily newspaper and some other local media to scapegoat Catholic teaching on human sexuality as a reason for hatred against transgender people and the wider LGBTQ community that led to a mass shooting at a Colorado gay bar.
Continue contemplating the mystery of Christmas, pope urges December 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The birth of Jesus in a stable “shows us God’s ‘style,’ which is closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims at his weekly general audience.
Love comes first, pope says in letter on teaching of St. Francis de Sales December 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is “where the greatest love is to be found,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter marking the 400th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales, a doctor of the church.
Pope Francis says retired Pope Benedict is ‘very sick’ December 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was “very sick,” Pope Francis asked people to offer special prayers for him.
