Pope appoints three U.S. experts, two of them women, as dicastery members January 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts — two women and an abbot — to be members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, a position once reserved for cardinals and bishops.
Italian bishops say don’t automatically exclude gay men from seminary January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Italian bishops’ new program of priestly formation, approved by the Vatican, repeats a prohibition against admitting to the seminary men with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies,” but also says that being gay does not automatically exclude a candidate.
U.S. sister killed in the Amazon honored at Rome ‘new martyrs’ shrine January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News “It’s quite an honor for her to be here with the likes of St. Oscar Romero,” Tom Stang said after a relic of his sister was placed on an altar in Rome alongside a relic of the martyred archbishop from El Salvador.
Pope calls for inclusion of Romani people in the church January 13, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News God has not abandoned the Romani people even if it often seemed that the society and even Catholic Church had, Pope Francis said.
Radio Interview: American politics and two-party dominance January 13, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, U.S. Congress As the United States prepares to swear in a new president, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty takes a look at the state of politics and elections.
Best gift a child can receive is faith, pope says at baptisms January 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
Pope offers prayers for those impacted by L.A. wildfires January 13, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, Vatican, World News “I am praying for all of you,” Pope Francis said, using his televised Sunday Angelus address to speak directly to the people impacted by the wildfires in Southern California.
Cardinal Dolan will lead prayer at Trump’s second inauguration Jan. 20 January 13, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News After congressional lawmakers formally certified Jan. 6 President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, Trump is scheduled to return to the White House Jan. 20, four years after he left the Oval Office in the wake of a failed reelection bid.
Archbishop Broglio: MLK challenges all to ‘live out’ solidarity, human dignity January 13, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The words of slain civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continue to challenge all “to live out the principle of solidarity and human dignity,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops.
Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor January 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.
Thomas Little, former pastoral associate for Eastern Vicariate, dies at 76 January 12, 2025By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Thomas Edward Little of Catonsville, a former pastoral associate for the Eastern Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and pastoral associate for evangelization and adult faith formation at Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, was an energetic educator, an astute organizer and well-known for his love of singing, Notre Dame football and tropical shirts.
Jesuit Father Robert Braunreuther, who ministered to homeless in Baltimore, dies at 90 January 12, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Robert Braunreuther, who ministered to the homeless in Baltimore, died Jan. 6. The former Loyola University Maryland campus minister was 90.
