Welcoming migrants, refugees is opportunity for growth, pope says May 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As countries become more culturally and ethnically diverse, their Catholic communities become more “catholic” and their societies can increasingly reflect the fact that all people are brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
Facing death, priest turns his farewell into teachable moment May 6, 2021By Liz Chandler Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Video, Vocations, World News The priest encouraged them to pray the rosary, to revere the Eucharist and to rise above divisions. Struggling to find the words, he continued, “I wish I could stay a little longer, and maybe I will, but you are going to be the future, and I think liberal, conservative, it’s not that so much. It’s about having faith. Having faith in God.
Pope’s desire for synodality will reshape the church, Cardinal Tobin says May 6, 2021By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Pope Francis’ repeated calls for mercy and for the church to hear voices from the peripheries is an invitation to accept that the Holy Spirit speaks not just to church leaders but to all the baptized, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said in an online lecture.
Addressing effects of slavery calls for looking ahead, panelists say May 5, 2021By Patricia Zapor Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.
Pope to institute formal ‘ministry of catechist’ May 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While millions of laypeople around the world are recognized as catechists in their parish or diocese, Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the “ministry of catechist.”
CNEWA launches appeal to help Indian churches respond to COVID-19 crisis May 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched an emergency campaign to help India’s local churches respond to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, announced Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, CNEWA president.
Connecticut basilica’s renovated hall will honor Blessed Michael McGivney May 4, 2021By Karen A. Avitabile Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News “I wanted the hall to exude celebration and joy, the core of the Christian life. I want the hall to be life-giving and also extremely welcoming, like the arms of a mother,” Father Sullivan told
Pope will open an online meeting on ‘demographic winter’ in Italy May 4, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is scheduled to open a meeting discussing the challenges posed by Italy’s low birthrate.
Catholic doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccines for children May 4, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News One argument for vaccinating young people is that it is necessary to achieve herd immunity — when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease and the spread from person to person thus becomes unlikely.
Some German parishes plan blessings for lovers, including gays May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholic chaplains in parishes across Germany plan to invite people to “blessing services for lovers” on and around May 10.
Cardinal Burke, seven others rise in rank in College of Cardinals May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With a consistory to approve the canonization of seven saints as a backdrop, eight cardinals — including U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke — moved from the rank of cardinal deacons to the rank of cardinal priests.
Pope urges altar servers to be signs of faith to their parishes May 3, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Being an altar server should be a “profession of faith” to the entire parish community, Pope Francis told young men and women participating in Portugal’s annual altar server pilgrimage to Fatima.
