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.
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.
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.
‘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.”
‘Walking with Moms in Need’ helps expectant, new moms ‘where they’re at’ October 18, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Dioceses and parish volunteers who have embraced the “Walking with Moms in Need” initiative are still in the early stages of assessing its effectiveness.
Bishop Seitz criticizes expansion of Title 42 to ‘vulnerable’ Venezuelans October 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration’s Oct. 12 decision to apply Title 42 to Venezuelans at the U.S.-Mexico border “will have an immediate impact on our border community,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso.
Catholics work to help Venezuelans expelled to Mexico under Title 42 October 17, 2022By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholics working with migrants have mobilized to assist Venezuelans who are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers but are being expelled back to Mexico under pandemic-era health restrictions.
Vatican calls Catholics, Hindus to work together to counter tensions October 17, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News At a time when tensions are growing, fueled by “blatant misuse of social media” and by political manipulation, Catholics and Hindus are called to teach personal responsibility for civilized behavior and to promote “respect, love and trust” among people, a Vatican office said.
Pope asks Communion and Liberation to let founder’s vision grow October 17, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While many Catholic movements go through a period of confusion after their founder dies, the key to continued flourishing is to remember with gratitude the founder’s gifts and to be open to new ways or new places the Holy Spirit wants them to grow, Pope Francis told members of Communion and Liberation.
Pope announces a second session for Synod of Bishops assembly October 17, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Saying he did not want to rush the process of discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the church to grow in “synodality,” Pope Francis announced that the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops would take place in two sessions.
