Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications December 4, 2022By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Journalism, News, World News Catholic media, like their secular counterpart, is facing a day of reckoning caused by the rapid switch from print to digital media, as well as financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
Utah Catholic helps ‘Wrap Ukraine with Quilts’ December 4, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Nadia Molina e is not only praying; she is been putting her talents into action: cutting, sewing and piecing fabric into quilts to help Ukrainian children affected by the war.
For converts to Catholicism, RCIA is now ‘OCIA’: What’s behind name change? December 3, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops changed the name of one of the best-known acronyms in the church, reorienting the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) into the new Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).
Agencies in Texas archdiocese assist immigrants, refugees seeking asylum December 3, 2022By Jo Ann Zuniga Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Casa Juan Diego and Catholic Charities, recuperating from an overflow of Venezuelans seeking asylum from their country’s economic and political spiral this summer, may have to brace themselves for another possible surge this holiday season.
Give joyful witness and lobby hard for families, pope tells Italian groups December 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Italy’s declining birthrate is alarming, and groups that assist Italian families must do more both in terms of lobbying and witnessing to the joy of family life, Pope Francis said.
Migration must be managed, not stopped, pope tells European governments December 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Migration across the Mediterranean Sea is as old as humanity, and while some governments say they want to stop that movement of people, it will not and should not happen, Pope Francis said.
Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow December 2, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.
Ukrainian American deacon urges prayers for Ukraine in winter months December 2, 2022By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Deacon Logusch, a child of Ukrainian immigrants and now retired after a career in chemistry and teaching, told about 40 Ukrainian parishioners gathered at St. Mary’s Assumption Nov. 27 that he hopes the world fully appreciates the long-standing and well-established territorial ambitions of Russian expansionism.
Cardinal Gregory blesses parish cemetery marker honoring enslaved December 1, 2022By Mark Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, World News When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed a parish cemetery’s memorial plaque honoring the unknown enslaved people buried there, Nov. 26, he noted the poignancy of his participation in the service at St. Peter Claver Parish in St. Inigoes.
Vatican announces Pope Francis’ end-of-year liturgy schedule December 1, 2022By Robert Duncan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With most of the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic removed, Pope Francis is scheduled to return to a full slate of public liturgies in December and January.
Pope to travel to Congo, make ecumenical peace pilgrimage to South Sudan December 1, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After postponing his trip last July, Pope Francis has rescheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 5 his trip to Congo and his ecumenical visit to South Sudan, the Vatican announced.
New Orleans archbishop prays for murdered priest, missing worker November 30, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The head of the Archdiocese of New Orleans spoke of horror and pain in a Nov. 30 statement, following what police believe is the killing of a retired priest and possibly a church worker in the archdiocese.
