Winona-Rochester, Minn., bishop retires; Bishop Barron is named successor June 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Quinn of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, and named as his successor Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles.
San Diego bishop says he was ‘stunned,’ ‘humbled’ by being named a cardinal June 1, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Robert W. McElroy told reporters May 31 that when he learned he is among the 21 new cardinals Pope Francis will create Aug. 27, “I said a big prayer.”
After tragedy in Texas, outpouring of help shows ‘God is good,’ priest says May 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic priests, deacons, church staff, parishioners, and staff of schools and organizations continue to provide counseling, financial aid and additional services to the families who lost loved ones and to others in the devastated community of Uvalde, Texas.
Stealing Brooklyn, N.Y., church’s tabernacle is ‘heinous act,’ pastor says May 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A burglar cut through a metal protective casing to steal a historic tabernacle valued at $2 million at a Brooklyn Catholic church.
Cardinal Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state, dies at 94 May 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state and former dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94.
New Oklahoma law bans nearly all abortions from fertilization stage May 27, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills May 25, saying he has kept his promise to voters to “sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk.”
Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31 May 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis and Ukrainian families in Rome will gather May 31 before a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, to recite the rosary for peace in Ukraine and in other places at war.
MOVIE REVIEW: Top Gun: Maverick May 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, Uncategorized Off they go into the wild blue yonder — again — in “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount), a rousing sequel to the 1986 blockbuster about one of the U.S. Navy’s elite flying squadrons and its gaggle of cocky fighter pilots.
Pope prays for Texas shooting victims, calls for stricter gun laws May 25, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Saying his heart was broken at the news of at least 19 children and two adults being shot and killed at a Texas elementary school, Pope Francis said it was time to say “Enough!” and enact stricter laws on gun sales.
Returning from Ukraine, Polish archbishop urges Vatican to revise attitude May 24, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The president of the Polish bishops’ conference criticized the Vatican’s “naive and utopian” attitude to the war in Ukraine and urged Rome to show “greater maturity” in attitudes toward Russia.
CCC collection supports local, global Catholic media and communications May 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Journalism Gifts to the Catholic Communication Campaign benefit local dioceses and their communication efforts, and it will supply far more than technology — it will spread the faith, hope and love of Jesus Christ, and of his Church, to people and places where the word of God is needed most.
Pope: Focus on the essential like St. Charles de Foucauld did May 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. Charles de Foucauld, who was canonized May 15, is a great model to follow in placing the Lord and service to others at the center of one’s life and action, the pope said May 18 during a meeting with members of the Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Family Association.