Vatican denies involvement in decision to exhume former Spanish dictator July 22, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Vatican distanced itself again from any involvement in the Spanish government’s decision to exhume the remains of the country’s late dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
Pope makes surprise visit to summer camp for kids of Vatican employees July 21, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis wanted the summer program to support employees with families given the ongoing restrictions and fewer organized summer activities available during the global pandemic.
Christ statue vandalized at Florida church among latest attacks on statues July 21, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News “It is too soon to arrive to any conclusion, but we have seen other churches vandalized around the country. We totally ‘condemn’ this action. We invite our community to pray for peace,” parish officials said in a statement.
Catholic communities mourn death of son of a federal judge killed at home July 21, 2020By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Schools and a Catholic parish in New Jersey expressed pain but also offered prayers following the killing of 20-year-old Daniel Anderl, son of a federal judge, who was a student at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Vatican: Laity have role, but most parishes must be led by priests July 20, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of lay men and women in the church’s mission of evangelization and offers guidance in parish reforms and restructuring.
French police suspect arson was cause of fire at Nantes cathedral July 20, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News French police have opened an arson investigation into a fire at a Gothic cathedral in Nantes.
Priest’s love of math, baseball helps him develop new stat measures July 19, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, World News WASHINGTON (CNS) — WAR, what is it good for? For Edwin Starr, the answer was “absolutely nothin’” — although “somethin’” might be a better answer, since he had a No. 1 hit with the tune in 1970. But for Dominican Father Humbert Kilanowski, he’s got a different answer, because he’s asking a different question. Father […]
Vatican releases guide on how leaders must handle abuse allegations July 16, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a 17-page document offering a step-by-step guide for how bishops, religious superiors and canon lawyers are supposed to handle accusations of alleged abuse by clerics against minors.
Notre Dame study examines ‘everyday’ Americans’ attitudes toward abortion July 16, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Americans participating in a study of attitudes toward abortion said they do not typically discuss it, find the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” inadequate, and generally do not consider abortion a “desirable good” for society, according to a University of Notre Dame study.
Padre Kino, declared venerable, known as ‘patron saint of borderlands’ July 16, 2020By Tony Gutierrez Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Noting that Padre Kino is considered the “patron saint of the borderlands,” Garcia referred to him as “the voice of the underprivileged.”
Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century July 15, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News What alarms people such as Bishop John E. Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, bishop president of Pax Christi USA, is that the threat nuclear weapons continue to pose to the world is “off the radar screen for so many people.”
Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed July 14, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee.
