Pope asks missionaries to help laity take responsibility for church October 20, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A key part of fostering “the communion, participation and missionary commitment of all the baptized,” a key goal of the current synodal process, is recognizing the responsibility lay Catholics share for the future of the church and helping them recognize it, too, Pope Francis told members of the Mariannhill Missionaries.
Bishop in South Sudan appeals for food amid continued atrocities October 20, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The bishop of a diocese in South Sudan is appealing for food as his region in the county’s south has been hit by rebel atrocities.
‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean of her fight to end death penalty October 20, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.
Archbishop renews call for dialogue on ridding world of nuclear weapons October 20, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The world still has not learned “the essential lesson” of the Cuban Missile Crisis that “the only way to eliminate the nuclear danger is through careful, universal, verifiable steps to eliminate nuclear weapons,” said Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M.
Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations October 19, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News The study “Well-being, Trust and Policy in a Time of Crisis” by The Catholic Project, written by Brandon Vaidyanathan, Christopher Jacobi and Chelsea Rae Kelly, of The Catholic University of America, paints a portrait of a majority of priests who feel abandoned by the men they are supposed to trust at the helm of their dioceses.
Pope hails new Catholic-Jewish study center in Poland October 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis expressed his hope that a new center for Catholic-Jewish relations in Poland will “foster appreciation of the common heritage, not only of the two religions, but also of the two peoples.”
Vatican movie ‘night’: Popcorn, beer, rosaries and Russell Crowe October 19, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News As soon as the lights dimmed for the start of the show in the tiny Vatican movie theater, the crack of beer cans being opened joined the quieter crunch of popcorn.
Pope to travel to Asti to celebrate cousin’s 90th birthday October 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will travel to Asti Nov. 19 for a private family celebration of his cousin’s 90th birthday, and he will celebrate a public Mass the next morning in the Asti cathedral, the Vatican said.
Pope: Seeing God at work in small things helps one recognize God’s call October 19, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Reviewing one’s life is an essential step in discerning God’s call because it helps one see places where God was at work, even in small things, and also helps one recognize “toxic” thoughts of self-doubt, Pope Francis said.
Bishops wrestled with possibility of nuclear annihilation in pastoral letter October 19, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News Over the course of three years, the U.S. bishops not only wrestled with the specter of nuclear Armageddon in writing a pastoral letter, but how to convey that teaching effectively.
Vatican Museums repatriates mummies to Peru October 19, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Completing a project to repatriate human remains held in the Vatican Museums’ ethnological collection, the Vatican and the government of Peru signed an agreement Oct. 17 to return to Peru three mummies sent to the Vatican in 1925.
‘The Challenge of Peace’ 40 years later: Durable principles, changed world October 19, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”
