Preparations underway for global celebrations of World Meeting of Families September 30, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, said diocesan celebrations coinciding with the World Meeting of Families 2022 will allow Catholic families to be in “spiritual communion” with Pope Francis and delegates in Rome.
Washington cardinal ordains deacons from North American College in Rome September 30, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington ordained 21 men from the Pontifical North American College to the diaconate Sept. 30 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Missionary priest serving Native Alaskans is winner of Lumen Christi Award September 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Stan Jaszek, a missionary priest from Poland who is serving Native Alaskans in the Diocese of Fairbanks, has been named the recipient of Catholic Extension’s 2021-2022 Lumen Christi Award.
Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award September 29, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Death row inmates in Florida’s prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their “house,” with some having lived in their “house” for 40 years — longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in his family home in Tallahassee.
There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says September 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun’s heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita, Kansas, said during a homily Sept. 26 in Pilsen, the hometown of the war-hero priest and sainthood candidate.
Pope says Vatican II shaped his theology, including in social teaching September 28, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said the Second Vatican Council so shaped his theological and pastoral vision that perhaps he has not been as explicit as he should have been in highlighting those ties, especially when it comes to his contributions to Catholic social teaching.
Cardinal Burke says recovery from COVID-19 will take several more weeks September 27, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said he is continuing steady progress in his recovery from COVID-19, but explained that it is slow going in a letter to supporters and friends.
Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous September 27, 2021By Brian Dryden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Canada’s Catholic bishops have “unequivocally” apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system and have raised the possibility of a visit by the pope to Canada as part of the “healing journey” between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the church.
Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas September 26, 2021By Patrick Downes Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23.
SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’ September 24, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News While denouncing as an “abuse of power” coercive measures to promote vaccination against COVID-19, a leader of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X said getting vaccinated “may sometimes be an eminently prudent act in the moral sense of the term.”
Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch September 24, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church’s new patriarch.
Oregon parish plans to pray, keep watch in case of Columbus Day vandalism September 23, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News In anticipation of possible vandalism by anarchist and/or Antifa groups over Columbus Day weekend, members of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland plan to pray in eucharistic adoration and keep watch on church grounds the nights of Oct. 8-11.
