Italian cardinal-designate got start on Rome’s rough streets November 23, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Paolo Lojudice’s work in Rome’s rough outskirts earned him such titles as “street priest,” “bishop of the Roma” community, and Pope Francis even told him the word was that he was the toughest bishop in the capital.
Brunei cardinal-designate’s church is ‘periphery within the periphery’ November 22, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Asia’s cardinal-designate from Brunei said the church in his country is “the periphery within the periphery.”
Chile’s cardinal appointment coincides with country’s political change November 21, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Celestino Aós Braco will take on his new role at one of the most critical times for Chile and its church in the past three decades.
Local parishes launch relief efforts after two hurricanes devastate Central America November 20, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, World News A number of parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are collecting donations and offering prayers to support those hard hit by hurricanes Eta and Iota, which have caused massive destruction and killed hundreds of people this month in Central America.
Philippine cardinal-designate says human rights are key to church mission November 20, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal-designate Jose Advincula, one of the 13 new cardinals recently appointed by Pope Francis, said he believes human rights are central to the church’s mission.
U.S. bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop upcoming federal executions November 19, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News In response to the upcoming federal execution of Orlando Hall Nov. 19, and two more federal executions scheduled to take place in December, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen called on the government to end this practice.
World leaders must not use pandemic for political gain, pope says November 19, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Government leaders and authorities must not exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to discredit political rivals but instead set aside differences to find “viable solutions for our people,” Pope Francis said.
Movie Review: ‘Come Away’ November 19, 2020By Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Take “Peter Pan,” add a dash of “Alice in Wonderland,” stir in the poetry of William Butler Yeats and you have the recipe for “Come Away” (Relativity), an intriguing if slightly schizophrenic fairy tale.
EU Catholic leaders urge tougher policies to protect Arctic November 19, 2020By Jonathan Luxmoore Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News Two European Catholic commissions warned that Arctic warming is intensifying competition over the region’s resources and urged tougher policies to protect its biodiversity and Indigenous communities.
An outpouring of support for first African American cardinal-designate for U.S. November 19, 2020By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda — a first — is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide.
Working group formed to deal with conflicts between Biden policies, church teaching November 18, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address issues surrounding the election of a Catholic president and policies that may come about that would be in conflict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ priorities.
First cardinal for Rwanda seen as approval of church’s reconciliation role November 18, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda — a first — is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide.
