Requiem Mass recalls homeless San Franciscans who died on the streets November 9, 2021By Christina Gray Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The “Requiem Mass for the Homeless” Nov. 6 featured the sacred music of Frank La Rocca, composer-in-residence of the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship in San Francisco.
Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others November 9, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six other candidates for sainthood finally will be canonized May 15, 2022, the Vatican announced Nov. 9.
Catholic university allows student group’s Planned Parenthood fundraiser November 8, 2021By Pablo Kay Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 5 he was “deeply disappointed” by Loyola Marymount University’s decision to allow a student group’s fundraiser for Planned Parenthood to go forward later the same day despite thousands of protests against the event.
Pope: True faith known by sincerity of heart, not hypocrisy of appearances November 8, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must strive for a sincere faith that seeks to serve others rather than to exploit the weakest for personal gain, Pope Francis said.
Citing new info, German law firm delays publication of Munich abuse study November 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News A report on the handling of sexual abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising will not be presented this year as originally expected. The lawyers of the Munich law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl now plan to publish their findings in mid-January, reported the German church news agency KNA.
Archbishop Gomez: Church must proclaim Christ ‘boldly’ in response to ‘woke’ movements November 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church must proclaim Jesus Christ “boldly” and “creatively” in the face of new secular movements that promote “social justice,” “wokeness” and “intersectionality,” among other beliefs, as the answer to all of society’s ills, Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said Nov. 4.
Bishops: Bill would help many but its funding of abortion is ‘unacceptable’ November 5, 2021By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The proposed Build Back Better Act has much-needed provisions “uplifting the common good,” but “it is completely unacceptable” the current House version of the bill “expands taxpayer funding of abortion,” the chairmen of six committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Nov. 3.
Proposed Eucharist document needs consensus, dialogue panelists say November 4, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News The much-awaited proposed statement on the Eucharist from the U.S. bishops is striving for a consensus that may be hard to come by, said a longtime church journalist.
Bethlehem is open for business, waiting for tourists November 4, 2021By Judith Sudilovksy Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News On Nov. 1, Israel opened its borders to tourists who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or can show proof of recovery within the past six months; this means tourists will also be able to reach Bethlehem. But tourists faced some hurdles with documents that need to be filled out and other travel requirements as the tourism industry tried to get back into gear.
Supply chain delays ‘dramatically’ affect cemetery headstone industry November 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Supply chain issues have “affected the industry quite dramatically,” said Tim Bronleewe, CEO of OM Stone, a Hillsboro, Oregon, company that serves many Catholic cemeteries. “What used to take us 60 to 90 days now takes us six to nine months.”
Look in the mirror before correcting others’ mistakes, pope says November 3, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News To believe in Jesus means to follow him and avoid going “the opposite way,” following one’s own interests and inflating one’s own ego, Pope Francis said.
Bishops’ focus on Communion crisis highlights bigger issue, theologians say November 3, 2021By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021, World News When the U.S. bishops highlighted Communion in their spring meeting, announcing their plans for both a document on the Eucharist and a three-year eucharistic revival, they emphasized that they were responding to a lack of understanding among many Catholics about something that is central to the faith.
