Vatican cuts monthly allowances of Curia cardinals October 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The 18 cardinals who head Vatican offices will find a little less in their pay envelopes starting Nov. 1.
In message for Diwali, Vatican condemns religious tribalism, division October 24, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Christians and Hindus must promote harmony among all groups of people despite their differences, especially when ideologies increasingly seek to sow division, the Vatican wrote in a message for the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
Synod members elect council to oversee implementation, plan next synod October 24, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Bishop Alain Faubert of Valleyfield, Quebec, to be the North American members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
Confession is a witness of a welcoming church, pope says October 24, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The availability of confession, even in churches heavily frequented by tourists, presents the Catholic Church as a welcoming space for an encounter with God, Pope Francis said.
Synod is lesson in moving at ‘pace of the Holy Spirit,’ archbishop says October 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women’s leadership gifts and being more welcoming of all people, happens slowly and deliberately, which is a good thing in a rapidly changing world, said the archbishop of Seattle.
Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart October 24, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.
Dioceses slam fake Catholic newspapers seen as part of ‘pink slime’ election ploy October 24, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Journalism, News, World News A number of U.S. Catholic dioceses and their bishops have issued statements disavowing fake Catholic newspapers that have resurfaced in swing states ahead of the presidential election to target Catholic voters on key issues.
Jesuit scholar’s search for films’ ‘theology of horror’ finds the sacred in the screams October 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Beneath the nation’s fascination with horror films — which translates into a multibillion-dollar industry — lurks a hidden quest for the divine, a theologian with expertise on the genre told OSV News.
Former doctrinal chief calls Father Gustavo Gutierrez ‘one of the great theologians of our time’ October 23, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, News, Obituaries, World News Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the “father of liberation theology,” which rose to prominence in South America in the 1960s and 1970s as a way of responding to the needs of Latin America’s poor, died Oct. 22 at age 96.
Synod deliberates on doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences October 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their unique context, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
Remembered as prophet for the poor, dispossessed, Mexico says goodbye to slain priest October 23, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Slain Father Marcelo Pérez was buried in his birthplace amid indignation and demands for justice.
Biden administration proposes new regulation expanding contraception coverage October 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The White House on Oct. 21 proposed a new regulation under the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, that would require insurers to cover over-the-counter contraception without cost sharing.
