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.
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.
Consecration of new church on banks of Jordan River called a sign of hope for region January 12, 2025By Dale Gavlak OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, told thousands of faithful that Pope Francis sent him to preside over the inauguration and consecration of a new Catholic church at the banks of the Jordan River as a sign of the universal church’s closeness to all Christians in the Middle East.
Chapel onboard historic Italian naval ship designated a Jubilee church January 12, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, World News The Italian naval ship “Amerigo Vespucci,” currently completing its global tour, has been designated a Jubilee church for the Holy Year 2025, transforming its onboard chapel into a pilgrimage destination at sea.
‘Do not forget Syria,’ says Damascus Franciscan, who sees mixed signs for nation’s future January 12, 2025By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News The Franciscan friars in Syria are accustomed to overcoming obstacles and living in uncertain times, and now they are bracing for the new Islamic rule in the country with both “encouraging” and “worrying” signs on the horizon.
