Vandalism at Denver’s cathedral is latest incident against local churches October 14, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Archdiocese of Denver said Oct. 10 that Catholics “continue to pray for the conversion of those who carry out acts of desecration against our churches, statues and religious symbols.”
U.S. nuncio says he’ll stay, helps prepare for synod, Biden-pope meeting October 11, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the 75-year-old apostolic nuncio to the United States, said when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican Sept. 6, the pope asked him to remain in his post instead of retiring.
Indiana Catholic, a former U.S. senator, is Vatican ambassador nominee October 9, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden will nominate Catholic lawyer Joseph Donnelly of Indiana, a former member of the U.S. House and Senate, to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
Some see growing trend in women choosing vocation as consecrated virgins October 8, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News There are now seven consecrated virgins in the Detroit Archdiocese, who are part of a worldwide movement of women choosing to live a radical, ancient vocation as brides of Christ in the world.
Admiral: By her prayers, example, Mother Seton understood the sea services October 7, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News For retired U.S. Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, the annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services Mass at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg is not just a labor of love for himself.
Plenary members consider how to bridge gap with Australia’s Indigenous October 6, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has signaled that the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will offer Catholic Church backing for an Indigenous voice in the nation’s constitution.
Pilgrimage for the Sea Services Mass celebrated at Mother Seton’s shrine October 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate The special Mass brings together members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Public Health Services with family and friends to join in prayer to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for her protection and ask for her continued intercession for the country, the safety of all those at sea and for those who have fallen while serving their country.
Synodal Assembly votes show Catholics support reforms in German church October 4, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The second Synodal Assembly of German Catholics ended Oct. 2 with overwhelming support for a range of proposals that, if adopted, would bring widespread reform to the church.
Group sues Baltimore for canceling rally it planned for bishops’ assembly October 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 A Catholic advocacy group known for its critical comments about Catholic leaders said Baltimore city officials violated their religious rights in denying approval for a rally it planned near the hotel where the U.S. bishops’ will meet in November.
Archbishop Cordileone asks Catholics to fast, pray for Pelosi over abortion issue October 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is asking “all Catholics and others of goodwill” to join a prayer and fasting campaign for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic Democrat who supports legal abortion.
Missionary priest serving Native Alaskans is winner of Lumen Christi Award September 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Stan Jaszek, a missionary priest from Poland who is serving Native Alaskans in the Diocese of Fairbanks, has been named the recipient of Catholic Extension’s 2021-2022 Lumen Christi Award.
There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says September 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun’s heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita, Kansas, said during a homily Sept. 26 in Pilsen, the hometown of the war-hero priest and sainthood candidate.
