Washington cardinal ordains deacons from North American College in Rome September 30, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington ordained 21 men from the Pontifical North American College to the diaconate Sept. 30 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award September 29, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house” for 40 years — longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in his family home in Tallahassee.
Pope says Vatican II shaped his theology, including in social teaching September 28, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said the Second Vatican Council so shaped his theological and pastoral vision that perhaps he has not been as explicit as he should have been in highlighting those ties, especially when it comes to his contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch September 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church’s new patriarch.
Church suffers temptation to go backward, pope tells Jesuits in Slovakia September 21, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church suffers from a temptation to attempt to return to attitudes and practices of the past, an attitude that blocks pastoral outreach to many of those who are marginalized, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Slovakia.
Armenian Catholic bishops try again to elect patriarch September 21, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A dozen bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church prayed for the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they met in Rome to begin their second attempt at electing a patriarch for their church.
Church needs to hear God speaking through those who are hurting, pope says September 20, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News To listen to the Holy Spirit, members of the church must listen to each other and especially to those who are marginalized, Pope Francis said, explaining how dioceses are to help the church prepare for the Synod of Bishops.
Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says September 16, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world’s peripheries.
Vatican publishes letters to rabbis emphasizing pope’s respect for Judaism September 15, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has not devalued the Torah and does not question the fact that the Torah is crucial for modern Judaism, Cardinal Kurt Koch told two prominent Jewish leaders.
Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures September 15, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to “excommunicate” Catholics who are not in line with church teaching, Pope Francis said.
Pope reminds Roma community, young people that church is their home September 15, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News Pope Francis made sure that while the world often disregards the young and the marginalized, in the Catholic Church, “no one ought ever to feel out of place or set aside.”
New Swiss Guard barracks will allow room for families, maybe female guards September 14, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Swiss Guard’s main duties are providing security services, protecting the pope and his residence and offering honor guard duty at the main entrances to Vatican City State, at public audiences, Masses and diplomatic receptions.
