Almost half of the 21 cardinals-to-be Pope Francis recently announced were already in Rome attending the Synod of Bishops on synodality, but that didn’t necessarily mean they all heard the news when it happened.
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Holy Spirit’s gifts can guide the work of law, homilist says at annual Red Mass
Just as the nation’s founders relied on God’s providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, said the homilist during the 72nd annual Red Mass Oct. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
De inmigrante indocumentado a obispo auxiliar
En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, el obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, Monseñor Evelio Menjivar Ayala, nos relata su salida de El Salvador durante los años de la guerra civil, su historia como migrante en Estados Unidos y su jornada de fe que le lleva a escuchar el llamado del Señor a la vida sacerdotal.
Parishioners learn practical tips for evangelizing
Nearly 40 people from throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore gathered Oct. 5 at St. John the Evangelist Church in Frederick for hands-on training in how to evangelize, to share their Catholic faith with others and invite them to embrace it as well.
Statistically speaking: How pope’s choices change College of Cardinals
With one current member of the College of Cardinals — Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Caracas — about to celebrate his 80th birthday, when the new cardinals are inducted into the college in December, there could be as many as 141 “cardinal electors.”
Evangelize with simplicity, prayer, dialogue, service, pope tells Jesuits
Evangelization does not have to be complicated or “sophisticated,” even in highly secularized places, Pope Francis told Jesuits living in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban
The Georgia Supreme Court temporarily reinstated Oct. 7 the state’s six-week abortion ban while it reviews an appeal of a previous lower court ruling that had struck down the law.
Hot-button issues raised by Vatican synod called ‘a mechanism’ to understand synodal method
The goal of the second and final meeting of the Synod on Synodality underway at the Vatican is understanding and exercising synodality in the church, rather than immediately resolving specific issues, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ synodality expert said.
Short-lived strike puts focus on how dockworkers’ labor keeps economy, supply chain rolling
ILA members load and unload cargo from vessels in ports, harbors, and docks, while the USMX represents ocean cargo carriers and terminal operators.
Cathedral parishioners help launch gluten-free food pantry
Last December, GEDCO’s food pantry started offering gluten-free/allergen-free food products for the first time. Bridget keeps the pantry stocked through donations from gluten-free companies and collections she holds in her neighborhood.
As church prepares for Jubilee, ‘Holy Land is bleeding,’ Palestine ambassador says
Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine’s ambassador to the Holy See said. In an interview with OSV News Sept. 27, Ambassador Issa Kassissieh said that he hopes that “the war will be behind us” by the time Pope Francis […]
Israeli ambassador says country ‘craves peace’ as tensions rise in the Middle East
On the first anniversary of the attack that sparked an escalating conflict in the Holy Land, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said his country still hopes for peace.