Nothing can diminish the value of any human being, pope says January 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News No physical limitation or setback can diminish the value of any human being because each person is a unique and beloved child of God, Pope Francis said.
Young adult Catholics have spoken. Has the church listened? January 17, 2023By Cecilia Flores OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary Sometimes it feels like the church in the U.S. suffers from the very short attention span that we young adults are accused of having.
Pope to confer ministries of lector, catechist at Mass Jan. 22 January 17, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Francis will celebrate the fourth annual Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 22 and, like he did last year, will confer the ministries of lector and catechist on several lay people, according to the Dicastery for Evangelization.
‘Bear witness to the truth’ on Religious Freedom Day, cardinal says January 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops marked Religious Freedom Day Jan. 16 by encouraging Catholics engaged in public life to examine their consciences and heed the late Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in prioritizing truth and reason.
Faith is a call to service and mission, pope tells U.S. seminarians January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The call to faith in Jesus always is a call to service and mission, Pope Francis told seminarians, priests and staff of the Pontifical North American College.
Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria; other Christians in Congo killed January 16, 2023By Fredrick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Deadly violence hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed in a blast in eastern Congo.
Archbishop Lori testifies to a litany of love, at St. Joseph’s ‘Life is Beautiful’ Mass January 16, 2023By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Archbishop William E. Lori used a personal reflection from his 103-year-old mother to illustrate the “gift of life” during the annual Life is Beautiful Mass Jan. 15 at St. Joseph in Fullerton.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Start fresh with your spiritual life January 16, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Sister Elena Morcelli shares practical ways for everyone to grow in their interior life for this new year, including listening and recognizing the Lord speaking to us.
Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer January 16, 2023By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Question Corner Limbo is not included in our Creeds and is never mentioned in our current Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Lead others to Jesus, not to yourself, pope says at Angelus January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. John the Baptist is a model for Christian witness, leading others to Jesus and then stepping out of the way so they follow the Lord and not the person who evangelized them, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Pell’s faith, suffering remembered at Vatican funeral January 16, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News The death of Australian Cardinal George Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI and “seemed in good health,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.
‘His memory still resonates’: Franciscan sister recalls MLK’s deathbed January 16, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News As the U.S. observes Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sister Jane Marie Klein, 84, looks back on the tragic night he was murdered and how it stayed with her.
