Pope Benedict’s 2008 U.S. visit a whirlwind with timely, pointed messages December 31, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News When Pope Benedict came to the United States for a visit to Washington and New York spanning six days in mid-April 2008, some news accounts called the pace of his schedule “grueling.”
U.S. bishops call Catholics to unite in mourning the death of retired pope December 31, 2022By Julie Asher Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Across the U.S., Catholic bishops called on the faithful to unite in mourning for retired Pope Benedict XVI, who died on the eve of the new year.
Church leaders remember Pope Benedict with gratitude December 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Catholic leaders around the world who had been praying for retired Pope Benedict XVI reacted with sorrow to news of his death Dec. 31 but expressed gratitude for his years of service to the Catholic Church as a theologian and pope.
Pope Benedict: Eight years as pope capped long ministry as teacher of faith December 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher and defender of the basics of Catholic faith, is likely to go down in history books as the first pope in almost 600 years to resign.
Pope Benedict’s funeral will respect his wishes to be simple December 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Just a few hours after retired Pope Benedict XVI died in his Vatican residence Dec. 31, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, provided a few early details of what to expect in the coming days.
White involvement in racial justice work is key, Catholic leaders say December 31, 2022By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Although 2020 protests addressing racial disparity followed more than a century of civil liberty struggles in the U.S., more white Americans have been among the crowds of demonstrators in the more recent movement demanding racial equality than in the past, something many Catholic leaders believe is key.
Parish serves up food for the hungry with food truck, message of hope December 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The goal of the used food truck — named “Holy CHOW,” for Christian Hospitality on Wheels — is to improve the lives of the hungry in the Manville, N.J., area.
On ground in Eastern Europe, U.S. Catholics aid Ukraine on various fronts December 30, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With economic aid, political support, and boots on the ground inside Ukraine and Poland, U.S. Catholics have been steady partners helping Ukrainians under attack.
Retired Pope Benedict resting, able to participate in Mass December 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he again had a restful night and was able to participate in the celebration of Mass in his room.
Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022 December 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, Vatican, World News Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply “immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work,” said the editor of Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service.
Archbishop Broglio visits Ukraine, meets with military chaplains December 30, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met with top Ukrainian military chaplains Dec. 29 in Kyiv.
Oregon commutations, Oklahoma scheduling pace key death penalty report December 30, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Even though 2022 was another year with fewer than 30 executions, more than half of those were in just two states, Oklahoma and Texas.
