world news FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican real estate office opens palace to media in show of transparency Carol GlatzSeptember 15, 20233 min read Transparency means more than just releasing annual financial reports and balance sheets, Bishop Nunzio Galantino, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, told Vatican-accredited reporters. FeatureMovie & Television ReviewsNewsWorld News Minidoc reveals ex-prisoner’s journey from life sentence to Catholic restorative justice advocate Kate ScanlonSeptember 15, 20234 min read Catholics Mobilizing Network released a new minidocumentary Sept. 13 highlighting the story of Felix Rosado, a former prisoner who is co-founder and co-coordinator of Let’s Circle Up, a restorative justice project based at the state prison in Graterford, Pa. FeatureNewsReligious FreedomSchoolsSportsWorld News Appeals court finds Christian student athlete group should be reinstated as public school club Kate ScanlonSeptember 15, 20233 min read The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 9-2 decision that the San Jose Unified School District likely violated the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ First Amendment right to free exercise of religion when it revoked its status as a recognized high school student club. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Doctrine is ‘treasure’ that must be defended, cardinal-designate says Cindy WoodenSeptember 15, 20234 min read When Pope Francis said he wanted the focus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to be “something very different” from the dicastery’s reputation as a stringent watchdog, he was not saying anything goes, Cardinal-designate Víctor Fernández, the dicastery’s new prefect, said in an interview. FeatureNewsWorld News Fortified by Eucharist, U.S. Catholic priest negotiates ‘fragile’ Haiti gang truce Gina ChristianSeptember 14, 20235 min read A Philadelphia-born priest has negotiated a truce among several gang leaders in Haiti, inviting them to “work hard to end violence” in the troubled nation. NewsVaticanWorld News Pope makes new appointments in Vatican offices Carol GlatzSeptember 14, 20232 min read Pope Francis has named Spanish-born Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, who has held the No. 2 post at the Vatican office that oversees the world’s religious orders, to be coadjutor archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Convincing people of pope’s support tough, head of Ukrainian church says Justin McLellanSeptember 14, 20234 min read Communicating Pope Francis’ efforts to promote dialogue and advance peace efforts in Ukraine is a “great problem” for Catholic clergy and faithful in the country, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ecumenism and Interfaith RelationsFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope says Christian unity advances with prayer, study, joint work Cindy WoodenSeptember 14, 20233 min read Scholars from different Christian churches who have studied together the New Testament letters of St. Paul are engaging in “courageous and prophetic work,” Pope Francis told them. Ecumenism and Interfaith RelationsFeatureNewsWorld News Ukrainian Catholic archbishop temporarily covers controversial WWII war dead memorial Gina ChristianSeptember 14, 20236 min read The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia has temporarily enclosed a monument to Ukrainian war dead at one of its cemeteries as it seeks “open, scholarly and compassionate dialogue” with Jewish organizations that have expressed concern over this particular memorial and the complex history behind it. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsWorld News Federal judge confirms 2021 decision finding DACA unlawful OSV NewsSeptember 14, 20234 min read A federal judge declared unlawful a revised version of a program that offers protection from deportation to certain immigrants brought to the country as children. The program has been in place for more than a decade and has nearly 600,000 recipients. Previous 1 … 120 121 122 … 452 Next