world news FeatureNewsSocial JusticeWorld News Parish serves up food for the hungry with food truck, message of hope Catholic News ServiceDecember 31, 20226 min read The goal of the used food truck — named “Holy CHOW,” for Christian Hospitality on Wheels — is to improve the lives of the hungry in the Manville, N.J., area. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsWorld News On ground in Eastern Europe, U.S. Catholics aid Ukraine on various fronts Rhina GuidosDecember 30, 20225 min read With economic aid, political support, and boots on the ground inside Ukraine and Poland, U.S. Catholics have been steady partners helping Ukrainians under attack. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Retired Pope Benedict resting, able to participate in Mass Cindy WoodenDecember 30, 20223 min read Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he again had a restful night and was able to participate in the celebration of Mass in his room. FeatureMissionsNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022 Catholic News ServiceDecember 30, 20224 min read Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply “immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work,” said the editor of Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsWorld News Archbishop Broglio visits Ukraine, meets with military chaplains Catholic News ServiceDecember 30, 20223 min read Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met with top Ukrainian military chaplains Dec. 29 in Kyiv. FeatureNewsRespect LifeWorld News Oregon commutations, Oklahoma scheduling pace key death penalty report Mark PattisonDecember 30, 20226 min read Even though 2022 was another year with fewer than 30 executions, more than half of those were in just two states, Oklahoma and Texas. FeatureNewsVocationsWorld News Seminarian’s cross made from an old pew part of new seminary’s future Kevin ShinkleDecember 29, 20225 min read Made from an old pew found in the basement of a chapel at the current seminary, the cross will pay homage to the school’s illustrious past, while looking to the future under the care of Christ. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Benedict stable and alert a day after Pope Francis asks for prayers Cindy WoodenDecember 29, 20223 min read The day after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was “very sick” and in need of prayers, the Vatican said he had had a restful night and described him as being in serious, but stable condition. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsSupreme CourtWorld News Supreme Court keeps Title 42 restriction on border entry in place for now Carol ZimmermannDecember 28, 20225 min read In an end-of-the year decision, the Supreme Court Dec. 27 ruled that a federal public health rule that allows immigration officials at the border to quickly turn away migrants seeking asylum could stay in place while legal challenges to the policy played out. FeatureGun ViolenceJournalismNewsWorld News Aquila: Media claim church teaching helped prompt gay bar shooting is ‘lie’ Julie AsherDecember 28, 20225 min read Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called it irresponsible and a “flat out lie” for The Denver Post daily newspaper and some other local media to scapegoat Catholic teaching on human sexuality as a reason for hatred against transgender people and the wider LGBTQ community that led to a mass shooting at a Colorado gay bar. Previous 1 … 234 235 236 … 454 Next