Pope names bishop, former U.S. police colonel to safeguarding commission March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera to be secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Teresa Kettelkamp to serve as adjunct secretary.
Papal preacher: Hope helps ‘crippled’ hearts rise up, leap for joy March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Hope “is the opposite of impatience, of haste, of ‘everything immediately.’ It is the antidote to discouragement. It keeps yearning alive,” Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa told Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia during a Lenten meditation in the Paul VI Audience Hall March 15.
Indigenous wisdom and science can work together to solve crises, pope says March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The world’s cultures, traditions, spiritualities and languages must be acknowledged, respected and protected, especially those of Indigenous peoples, Pope Francis said.
Pope advances sainthood causes, including daughter of U.S. author March 14, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and he recognized the martyrdom of a German priest executed by the Nazis and a German nun and her 14 companions who were raped and murdered by Russian soldiers during World War II.
Ukrainian human rights advocate calls for synod on just defense March 13, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Catholic Church should hold a Synod of Bishops devoted exclusively to defining just war, just defense and just peace, said the president of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.
Survey shows faith influences views on some, not all, social issues March 11, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Young Adult Ministry A survey of attitudes among young people in eight countries about religious beliefs, prayer and social issues found that while about 25 percent identified as being atheist or agnostic, believers and non-believers were very likely to both agree about the severity of environmental problems and the danger of political corruption in the world.
Papal preacher: Christians are ‘wounded healers,’ meant to help others March 9, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Jesus frees Christians from all fear because not only is he the Good Shepherd who protects his flock, but also because he has “conquered the world” and death, the papal preacher said.
Pope: Jesus showed acts of mercy to inspire others to follow suit March 8, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News When it comes to inspiring people’s actions, Jesus knew that being an example to others is more important than “a flood of words,” Pope Francis said.
Courage needed to seek truth, levy sanctions, pope tells Vatican judges March 4, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Holy Spirit sparks the inner outrage and courage needed to confront injustice and unacceptable situations, and to try to change them, Pope Francis said.
New telescope is changing ideas about how universe began, speakers say March 2, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Orbiting the sun nearly 1 million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is reshaping the way scientists understand the universe and its origins, a number of astronomers said at a Vatican-sponsored meeting.
Eliminating differences with gender ideology is terrible danger, pope says March 1, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The gifts of men and women are “fruitful” together, and to erase the difference between men and women “is to erase humanity,” Pope Francis said.
Courage of Christian martyrs a blessing for everyone, pope says February 28, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians who never renounce their love for Christ and are faithful to the point of death are a blessing for everyone, Pope Francis said.
