Keep the creche in Christmas, pope urges December 5, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Stopping to gaze at and perhaps pray before a Nativity scene is one of the best ways to remember the real meaning of Christmas, Pope Francis said.
Being ‘inclusive’ of those with disabilities means valuing them, pope says December 5, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Making churches accessible and services understandable is important, but having wheelchair ramps and sign-language interpreters is not enough for a parish to call itself “inclusive,” Pope Francis said.
First deaf priest in U.S. visits Minnesota parish, inspires Jesuit novice December 5, 2022By Barb Umberger Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Minneapolis, about half of whom are deaf, had the chance to attend Mass celebrated by the first deaf man ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the U.S., Father Tom Coughlin.
Pastor reflects on 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook school shooting December 5, 2022By Beth Griffin Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Reflecting on the horror and the events of the intervening years after the Sandy Hook school shootings, Msgr. Robert Weiss said: “Gratitude sustains me. I pray a lot and try to keep myself in the Lord’s hands.”
Utah Catholic helps ‘Wrap Ukraine with Quilts’ December 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Nadia Molina e is not only praying; she is been putting her talents into action: cutting, sewing and piecing fabric into quilts to help Ukrainian children affected by the war.
Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications December 4, 2022By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Journalism, News, World News Catholic media, like their secular counterpart, is facing a day of reckoning caused by the rapid switch from print to digital media, as well as financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
For converts to Catholicism, RCIA is now ‘OCIA’: What’s behind name change? December 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops changed the name of one of the best-known acronyms in the church, reorienting the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) into the new Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).
Agencies in Texas archdiocese assist immigrants, refugees seeking asylum December 3, 2022By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Casa Juan Diego and Catholic Charities, recuperating from an overflow of Venezuelans seeking asylum from their country’s economic and political spiral this summer, may have to brace themselves for another possible surge this holiday season.
Give joyful witness and lobby hard for families, pope tells Italian groups December 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Italy’s declining birthrate is alarming, and groups that assist Italian families must do more both in terms of lobbying and witnessing to the joy of family life, Pope Francis said.
Migration must be managed, not stopped, pope tells European governments December 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Migration across the Mediterranean Sea is as old as humanity, and while some governments say they want to stop that movement of people, it will not and should not happen, Pope Francis said.
Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow December 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.
Ukrainian American deacon urges prayers for Ukraine in winter months December 2, 2022By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Deacon Logusch, a child of Ukrainian immigrants and now retired after a career in chemistry and teaching, told about 40 Ukrainian parishioners gathered at St. Mary’s Assumption Nov. 27 that he hopes the world fully appreciates the long-standing and well-established territorial ambitions of Russian expansionism.
