Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity, including to Ukraine April 28, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis praised members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing assistance to victims of the war in Ukraine.
Pope, Council of Cardinals meet, discuss war in Ukraine April 28, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals met in-person at the Vatican April 25, discussing the war in Ukraine, the Vatican press office said.
Catholic University of America dedicates ‘Angels Unawares’ sculpture April 28, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A monumental work of art depicting migrants and refugees seeking a home has found its own permanent home at a new plaza at The Catholic University of America.
Maryland advocate Deirdre McQuade, 53, helped communicate bishops’ pro-life message April 28, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Respect Life, World News Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops’ and the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life, died April 21 after a bout with metastatic breast cancer. She was 53.
Hope and joy reawaken when old and young come together, pope says April 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News If young people recognize all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of relaunching hope in young people for their future, then nothing can stop the flourishing of God’s blessings among people, Pope Francis said.
Defending Ukrainian culture: Displaced people learn to make Easter eggs April 26, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With “people coming to us from all over Ukraine,” a master egg painter wanted “to tell them about the symbol of Ukraine and the symbol of Easter — the Easter egg.”
Court seems to side with football coach over postgame prayers April 26, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News The majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to side with a former high school football coach April 25 who said his postgame prayers on the field — that cost him his job — amounted to private speech and not the public school’s endorsement of religion.
In message to Russian patriarch, pope prays for end of war in Ukraine April 25, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News In an Easter message to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would “transform our hearts and make us true peacemakers, especially for war-torn Ukraine.”
Vatican clears Polish Cardinal Dziwisz of abuse cover-up allegations April 22, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has wrapped up its own investigation and dismissed allegations that Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz had covered up cases of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in his archdiocese.
Pope says no trip to Kyiv, meeting with Russian patriarch canceled April 22, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been canceled out of concern it could cause “confusion,” and there will be no papal visit to Kyiv while war rages.
Latter-day Saints temple near D.C. opening doors briefly for tours April 22, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News This spring, for the first time since 1974, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will open those doors for about six weeks, as they will give guided tours of its temple in Kensington, a suburb of Washington, to show off the first major renovations since the temple was built.
Accountability for alleged war crimes in Ukraine likely a long way off April 22, 2022By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Despite the events and daily grisly discoveries in Ukraine, holding the perpetrators accountable for war crimes in a tribunal or the International Criminal Court will be a difficult and complicated task that could take years to unfold, experts in international and human rights law said.
