Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum January 14, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.
Retired pope wants his name removed as co-author of book on celibacy January 14, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News At the request of retired Pope Benedict XVI, his name will be removed as co-author of a book defending priestly celibacy, said Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican official who coordinated work on the book.
Retired pope, Vatican cardinal write book defending priestly celibacy January 13, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Since marriage and priesthood both demand the total devotion and self-giving of a man to his vocation, “it does not seem possible to realize both vocations simultaneously,” retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a new book.
Writer’s Southern roots inspire ‘radical faith’ element to her fiction January 10, 2020By Mike Mastromatteo Filed Under: News, World News A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Sayers’ first five novels touch on the sense of separateness and isolation of Catholic communities in the heavily Protestant U.S. South.
Puerto Rico reels under successive earthquakes; Catholic church damaged January 10, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News At least one person has died and one Catholic church was destroyed by the latest of a series of earthquakes to rock Puerto Rico.
Iowa priest-photographer surprised by appeal of viral cattle cross image January 9, 2020By Dan Russo Filed Under: News, World News Thousands have seen the photograph and its impact continues weeks after the priest took the shot.
Movie Review: ‘Underwater’ January 9, 2020By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Like the ocean depths in which it’s set, director William Eubank’s monster movie “Underwater” (Fox) is dim and murky.
Don’t let the devil light ‘fire’ of war in your heart, pope says January 9, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, World News People cannot call themselves Christians if they sow the seeds of war, Pope Francis said.
Amid threat of war, world must not give up hope, pope tells diplomats January 9, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Hope is the virtue needed to approach the coming year, especially when the looming threat of war surrounds a humanity scarred by violence, Pope Francis said.
USCCB president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue, seek peace January 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace.”
‘No end in sight to the horror’: Australian bishops respond to fires January 7, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said the bishops have implemented a national response to months of wildfires.
Pope prays for dialogue as tensions mount between U.S., Iran January 6, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general.