Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told reporters he accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris because the archbishop’s reputation had been destroyed, making it impossible for him to continue leading the French archdiocese.
God’s power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News God the Almighty almost always chooses the least mighty people and the most desolate places to reveal the power of his love, Pope Francis said.
Attack causes of migration, not those forced to flee, pope says on Lesbos December 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Standing in a tent on the shore, Pope Francis said the Mediterranean Sea, “the cradle of so many civilizations, now looks like a mirror of death.”
Pope asks pardon for sins that drove Catholic, Orthodox apart December 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Like St. John Paul II before him, Pope Francis apologized to members of the Orthodox Church of Greece for the ways Catholics over the centuries had offended them, and he told Catholic leaders that they must embrace their minority status with humility.
In Greece, Pope expresses concern for democracy’s decline in Europe December 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “Here democracy was born,” he told the representatives. “Yet we cannot avoid noting with concern how today — and not only in Europe — we are witnessing a retreat from democracy.”
Door-to-door ministry: Jesuit parish leaders visit every family in faith community December 3, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Adrienne Marra was in the middle of household chores when her doorbell rang. She wondered who could be visiting in the middle of the pandemic, given that many institutions were forced to shut down and households had to quarantine and practice social distancing. To her surprise and delight, it was a friendly face from her parish of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock.
Vatican announces pope will bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy December 3, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News After Pope Francis denounced putting up “barbed wire” to keep out migrants and the practice of pushing boats back to countries where they face conditions similar to a “lager,” the Vatican announced he would help move a dozen migrants from Cyprus to Italy before Christmas.
God dreams of a world where all are welcomed as family, pope says December 3, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told migrants that, like them, God dreams of a world where everyone recognizes each other as brothers and sisters.
New Orleans billboard campaign reminds all to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ December 3, 2021By Peter Finney Jr. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Eternal hope is the overarching message of Christmas: A child born in a barn changed the world.
Giving Tuesday supporters’ generosity ‘goes above and beyond’ December 2, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Donors throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore pitched in to make “Giving Tuesday” a creative way of supporting parishes and Catholic outreach agencies of the area Nov. 30.
Pope accepts resignation of Paris archbishop, who denies accusations December 2, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, who had offered to step down to avoid “becoming a source of divisions,” after an article in the Le Point weekly claimed he mismanaged his archdiocese and had an affair with a woman while he was vicar general.
Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes 11 new seminarians December 2, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations There are 11 new seminarians preparing to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, bringing the total number of seminarians to 54.
