Archbishop Mésidor: Massacre, ongoing gang violence leave Haitian people ‘exhausted’ October 11, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: News, World News The metropolitan archbishop of Haiti is speaking out following an Oct. 3 massacre by armed gang members in that nation’s central western region, an attack that killed at least 115 and displaced some 6,000.
Family announces death of Ethel Kennedy at 96; she was devoted to family, slain husband’s legacy October 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Ethel Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a human rights activist and mother of 11, died Oct. 10, her family said. She was 96.
Synod participants look at how all Catholics can serve church’s mission October 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The pope, bishops and priests cannot fully awaken the missionary spirit of the Catholic Church alone, so all Catholics must play a more central role in spreading the Gospel, according to participants in the Synod of Bishops on synodality.
Doctrine dicastery overturns Vatican ruling in priest laicization case October 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s doctrine office has mandated the laicization of an Argentine priest accused of sexually abusing minors, overturning a surprise ruling from the Vatican Secretariat of State that imposed limitations on the priest’s activities.
At midway point, synod to discuss accountability, walking the talk October 10, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops must ask, listen to and prayerfully reflect on difficult questions, not dismiss or avoid them, the spiritual adviser to the synod on synodality told them.
Catholic synod is relevant for other Christians, too, delegates say October 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News While the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops is not exactly like a synod in other Christian communities, the issues being discussed and the way they are being handled are relevant to other Christian churches and to the search for Christian unity, synod participants said.
Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund October 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News As Hurricane Milton took aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign.
Archbishop calls for ‘fervent prayer’ for peace in Holy Land, says ‘compassion is not zero-sum game’ October 10, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for “fervent prayer” to end the violence in the Holy Land, as the Israel-Hamas war reached its first year while threatening to expand into a wider regional conflict.
‘The situation is catastrophic,’ Lebanese Catholic charity workers say October 10, 2024By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News As Lebanon plunged into the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, Catholics and other Christians continue their humanitarian outreach to help struggling Lebanese, Syrian refugees and migrant workers displaced by severe Israeli bombardments across the country, ongoing since late September, some of which have also injured Christians.
Synodal leadership can ease a bishop’s burdens, speakers say October 10, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News A bishop who runs his diocese like a “monarch” is not only not acting synodally, but he probably is lonely and stressed, said theologians advising the Synod of Bishops.
‘Opus’: Prelature describes author’s depiction of events as ‘absolute nonsense’ October 10, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Books, News, World News A new book accusing Opus Dei of dealing in human trafficking, forced labor as well as financial malfeasance by members who held powerful positions in a prominent Spanish bank is “absolute nonsense,” according to the organization.
From on high: A rare glimpse from the top of St. Peter’s baldachin October 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Knights of Columbus, News, Vatican, World News More than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, but the impressive view from the top of 100-foot-tall bronze structure has been reserved for a select few: cleaners, contractors and restoration experts.
