Synod office announces plan to reduce assembly’s carbon footprint September 22, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News With more than 450 people gathering at the Vatican from around the world for a monthlong meeting, the General Secretariat of the Synod said it is taking action to reduce the environmental impact of the synod assembly.
Pope names two Chinese bishops to synod; Vatican publishes synod schedule September 22, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News On the recommendation of the Catholic bishops of mainland China in consultation with the Chinese government, Pope Francis has named two bishops from the country’s mainland as members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
Bishop Strickland will not resign, but says he will respect Pope Francis’ authority if removed September 21, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Bishop Joseph E. Strickland said he will not resign as bishop of Tyler, Texas, but if Pope Francis removes him from the diocese, he will respect the pope’s authority.
‘What’s going to happen?’: DACA ruling keeps ‘Dreamers’ in immigration limbo September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A recent court ruling has become another bend in a “rollercoaster” ride for hundreds of thousands of individuals who arrived in the U.S. as children without legal permission, said an immigration expert.
Vatican asks U.N. Security Council to join efforts for peace in Ukraine September 21, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Vatican urged members of the U.N. Security Council to be “creative and courageous artisans of peace and weavers of constructive dialogue” to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine.
Former Soviet political prisoners urge Jewish and Ukrainian unity amid WWII memorial row September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Former Soviet political prisoners have pointed to “a common enemy,” one intent on undermining the cause of Ukrainian-Jewish understanding they worked to achieve, in a recent controversy over a World War II memorial in a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Philadelphia.
Russia’s goal is to destroy population in Ukraine, Lviv bishop says after drone attack September 21, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News “It destroyed a year and a half worth of work,” Auxiliary Bishop Edward Kawa of Lviv said about a Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman Catholic mission of Caritas in Ukraine, in the early morning hours of Sept. 19.
Catholic high school teacher fired for covering up previous employment, sex services charges September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A Catholic high school in Kentucky has fired a teacher who had failed to disclose previous charges of soliciting prostitution while employed at another Catholic school.
New stage for U.S. seminarians focuses on human and spiritual formation September 21, 2023By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News The sixth edition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly Formation, or PPF, which began to be implemented last year, mandates a “propaedeutic” (pro-pih-DOO-tic) stage for all men first entering into seminary.
At Mass to honor all immigrants, archbishop challenges leaders on immigration reform September 20, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Grim developments on the southern U.S. border and the “frustrating” lack of immigration reform were on the minds of some 1,500 Southern California Catholics at the annual Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants Sept. 17 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Plagued by kidnappings of Christians, Nigeria sees priest, 36 others abducted in just a few days September 20, 2023By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In another chapter of an “evil scheme” plaguing Nigeria, the southern Enugu Diocese asked for prayers for Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, who was kidnapped Sept. 17.
Vatican, Lutheran officials call for joint study of Augsburg Confession September 20, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News During an ecumenical prayer service at the assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, the Vatican’s chief ecumenist and the federation’s general secretary formally called for a joint reflection on the Augsburg Confession, a fundamental statement of Lutheran faith.
