Bishops express sorrow, condemn racially motivated shooting in Buffalo May 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Several U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after reports of a May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that left at least three injured and 10 dead — a crime authorities categorized as likely motivated by hatred for Black people.
Saints’ lives prove God’s love for all, pope says at canonization Mass May 16, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God’s love, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Zen says he’s fine; detentions provoke outcry May 13, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Joseph Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, reassured Catholics he is fine after being detained and held by national security police for his support of anti-government protesters.
Vatican confirms pope will visit Indigenous in Canada in late July May 13, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting the cities of Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.
Archbishop Lori among bishops telling Congress to protect women and children, ‘stop pushing abortion’ May 12, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News After the U.S. Senate failed May 11 to advance a “radical” abortion bill, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees urged Congress “to stop pushing abortion as the solution to needs of women and young girls” and “embrace” public policy initiatives that protect “both mother and child.”
Declining birthrates impoverish future, pope says May 12, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The steady decline of birthrates across Europe and the West are signs of a new form of poverty that deprives humanity of a future, Pope Francis said.
Immigration reform cannot be delayed, pope says in message May 12, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Countries around the world must get serious about reforming their immigration policies to respect the rights of migrants and refugees and establish orderly procedures for welcoming newcomers, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells grandparents to leave grandkids their legacy of wisdom May 11, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Retirement, Seniors, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told older people to use retirement as a time to serve others and to sow the seeds of their wisdom.
Racing to Mass? Catholics at Churchill Downs’ chapel know that feeling May 11, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News While the first Saturday in May’s running of the Kentucky Derby boasts the fastest two minutes in sports, Churchill Downs’ backside chapel hosts what might be the fastest Sunday Mass in the Archdiocese of Louisville.
Religious orders launch initiative to care for sisters with dementia May 11, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, World News Sister Jane Wakahiu, a member of the Little Sisters of St. Francis and head of the Catholic Sisters Initiative at the Hilton Foundation, announced May 9 that the foundation was providing $5 million to help launch the Catholic Sisters Cognitive Impairment-Alzheimer’s Global Initiative.
Faith, fortitude, martyrdom, miracles: Pope will recognize 10 new saints May 10, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News After a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate a Mass May 15 for the canonization of 10 men and women: five from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands.
Pope to grandparents, elderly: We must lead revolution of tenderness May 10, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he is convinced God is calling his peers — older Catholics — to become “artisans of the revolution of tenderness.”
