world news FeatureNewsWorld News Church, community help one another in inland Florida county hit hard by Ian Jean GonzalezOctober 5, 20227 min read Hurricane Ian destroyed a parish on Sanibel Island and ravaged portions of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, among other areas. EnvironmentFeatureNewsSaintsVaticanWorld News Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords Carol GlatzOctober 4, 20223 min read The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the same day the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris Agreement entered into force for the Holy See. NewsVaticanWorld News Pope encourages Oblates to continue serving the poor Junno Arocho EstevesOctober 4, 20222 min read The Gospel’s message of hope to the suffering and downtrodden is sorely needed in today’s world, which is “enslaved by selfishness and full of contradictions and divisions,” Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsSaintsVaticanWorld News Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist Cindy WoodenOctober 4, 20223 min read While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide Zatti. FeatureNewsSchoolsSupreme CourtWorld News Federal judge sides with Catholic school over guidance counselor’s firing Carol ZimmermannOctober 4, 20225 min read – A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by a former guidance counselor who said her contract was not renewed because of her same-sex union. Catholic CharitiesFeatureNewsWorld News Head of Miami Catholic Charities helps coordinate statewide response to Ian Tom TracyOctober 4, 20226 min read The world heard about Hurricane Ian’s devastation along coastal southwest Florida, but the Catholic Charities network of agencies also will focus on lesser known but equally stricken communities and devastated farmworker enclaves in the region. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Missionaries of hope have hearts renewed by Holy Spirit, pope says Carol GlatzOctober 4, 20223 min read True missionaries of hope allow the Holy Spirit into their hearts and lives, Pope Francis told members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the Redemptorists. FeatureNewsSynodalityWorld News German bishops outraged by Cardinal Koch’s Nazi comparison, demand apology Catholic News ServiceOctober 3, 20225 min read The president of the German bishops’ conference demanded an apology from a Swiss cardinal at the Vatican over comments that brought up Germany’s Nazi past. NewsVaticanWorld News Pope tells Vatican security to stay strong in mission of service, faith Carol GlatzOctober 3, 20222 min read God wants people to live their vocation in a spirit of strength, Pope Francis told the Vatican gendarme corps, the police force of the tiny city-state. Catholic CharitiesFeatureNewsWorld News Florida continues with Hurricane Ian cleanup efforts Rhina GuidosOctober 3, 20224 min read As authorities in Florida continued rescue efforts, Catholic parishes and dioceses in the U.S. moved rapidly to collect aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, and U.S. President Joe Biden said it could take years to rebuild what was destroyed. Previous 1 … 256 257 258 … 447 Next