Chile’s cardinal appointment coincides with country’s political change November 21, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Celestino Aós Braco will take on his new role at one of the most critical times for Chile and its church in the past three decades.
Philippine cardinal-designate says human rights are key to church mission November 20, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Jose Advincula, one of the 13 new cardinals recently appointed by Pope Francis, said he believes human rights are central to the church’s mission.
First cardinal for Rwanda seen as approval of church’s reconciliation role November 18, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda — a first — is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide.
Polish cardinal dies 10 days after being disciplined by Vatican November 16, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Polish Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, retired archbishop of Wroclaw, died Nov. 16, just 10 days after the publication of Vatican disciplinary measures against him related to sexual abuse.
Pope Francis calls Biden to congratulate him on winning presidential election November 12, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called President-elect Joe Biden early Nov. 12 to congratulate him on winning the U.S. presidential election.
At 100, WWII vet recounts joining Women’s Coast Guard Reserves to serve country November 11, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News In November 1942, Congress allowed the Reserve to accept women as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level.
Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital November 11, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A retired Polish cardinal disciplined by the Vatican in early November has been hospitalized and remains unconscious, Polish media reported Nov. 10.
USCCB president apologizes to clergy abuse victims as report is released November 10, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, McCarrick Report, News, World News Calling a Vatican report on its investigation into its knowledge of sexual improprieties of Theodore McCarrick while a clergyman, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the findings mark “another tragic chapter in the church’s long struggle to confront the crimes of sexual abuse by clergy.”
Timeline of key events in case of former Cardinal McCarrick November 9, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, McCarrick Report, News, World News Here is a timeline of key events in the life of Theodore E. McCarrick, beginning with his ordination as a priest for the Archdiocese of New York more than 60 years ago.
Archbishop Gomez: Nation’s leaders must now ‘come together’ with election of new president November 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, World News With Joe Biden now elected as the nation’s 46th president, it is “time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Hope is gift to seek from God, pope says on All Souls’ feast November 3, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When life is difficult and when one is mourning the passing of a loved one, it is time to pray for the gift of hope and the ability to say with the prophet Job, “I know that my redeemer lives,” Pope Francis said.
French bishops ‘cleanse’ Nice basilica after attack November 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The penitential rite was necessary to purify the church from the stain of a “gravely injurious act,” such as a homicide, before normal religious activities could resume, according to a Nov. 1 statement on the website of the Diocese of Nice.
