Vatican Christmas: Details of stamps, Nativity scene, tree released October 30, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News Although the Vatican knows Christmas may be very different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it already has chosen its stamps and the Nativity scene and tree that will stand in St. Peter’s Square.
Movie Review: ‘Fishbowl’ October 29, 2020By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, World News Logical flaws make this drama’s plot difficult to embrace, or even comprehend. Some dialogue expressing the inner lives of the characters would have been a great help.
French bishops order ‘death knell’ after three killed in Nice basilica October 29, 2020By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News French bishops ordered a “death knell” to ring from every church of their country Oct. 29 after three people were hacked to death in a basilica in the southern Mediterranean city of Nice.
Catholic, Jewish leaders mark 55th anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’ October 29, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The formal structures that sponsor Catholic-Jewish dialogue are important, but their decades of success have relied on strong personal friendships and mutual respect, both of which must continue to spread among all Catholics and Jews, officials involved in the dialogue said.
Pope to celebrate private Mass for All Souls at Vatican cemetery October 29, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Due to restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of All Souls with a “strictly private” Mass at a Vatican cemetery.
Book offers details about alleged manipulation by Schonstatt founder October 28, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Father Kentenich, who died in 1968, remains popular to this day. Von Teuffenbach has accused him of systematic manipulation, abuse of power and sexual harassment.
Pope calls for Poland to protect life amid protests over abortion law October 28, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News As protests against a near-total ban on abortions gripped Poland, Pope Francis urged the people of the country to defend life.
A divided Europe cannot stand; solidarity needed, pope says October 27, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Europeans must not see their rich history simply as a fond memory of a time long gone, but they must look to it as a guide to overcoming divisions and challenges aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis said.
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court October 27, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, World News A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.
Transcript shows pope’s distinction between gay marriage, civil unions October 26, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.
Historic church called gift of faith from ‘incredibly brave’ Maryland colonists October 26, 2020By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The church is near the cradle of U.S. Catholicism, a few miles from St. Clement’s Island, where Jesuit Father Andrew White celebrated the first Mass in the English-speaking colonies March 25, 1634, after colonists from England made landfall there.
Polish bishops decry disruption of Masses over court’s abortion ruling October 26, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Poland’s bishops’ conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country’s Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.
