California bishop prays for victims of another ‘senseless’ shooting May 27, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú urged prayers for the victims and their families after a gunman opened fired the morning of May 26 at a rail yard operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, north of downtown San Jose.
Virtual tours open doors of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Emmitsburg shrine to the world May 26, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints When the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg closed its historical buildings to public tours last year due to the pandemic, its team opened a window, a Zoom window.
Father Pfleger reinstated, tells parishioners: ‘Let’s get back to work’ May 25, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced May 24 he is reinstating Father Michael Pfleger as senior pastor of the Faith Community of St. Sabina a “thorough review” showed “insufficient reason” to suspect the priest is guilty of abuse allegations made against him.
Archbishop Cordileone responds to Pelosi remarks on Cardinal Ladaria letter May 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News San Francisco’s archbishop said May 17 that the “positive reaction” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has expressed about a Vatican official’s letter to the U.S. bishops about Catholic politicians who support abortion receiving Communion “raises hope that progress can be made in this most serious matter.”
High court to hear major abortion case from Mississippi in its next term May 18, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court said in a May 17 order that it will hear oral arguments during its next term on a 2018 Mississippi abortion law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Vatican dicastery forms working group on ‘excommunication of mafias’ May 10, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Marking the beatification of an Italian judge murdered by the Mafia, a Vatican office announced the formation of a working group on “the excommunication of mafias.”
COVID-19 takes toll on church leaders in India May 7, 2021By Catholic News Service Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Amid thousands dying daily of COVID-19, even in rural areas of India, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on church leaders.
CNEWA launches appeal to help Indian churches respond to COVID-19 crisis May 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched an emergency campaign to help India’s local churches respond to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, announced Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, CNEWA president.
Catholic doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccines for children May 4, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News One argument for vaccinating young people is that it is necessary to achieve herd immunity — when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease and the spread from person to person thus becomes unlikely.
Some German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including gays May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services for lovers” on and around May 10.
Cardinal Burke, seven others rise in rank in College of Cardinals May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With a consistory to approve the canonization of seven saints as a backdrop, eight cardinals — including U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke — moved from the rank of cardinal deacons to the rank of cardinal priests.
Pope urges altar servers to be signs of faith to their parishes May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Being an altar server should be a “profession of faith” to the entire parish community, Pope Francis told young men and women participating in Portugal’s annual altar server pilgrimage to Fatima.
