world news FeatureNewsWorld News Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild follow devastating tornadoes Catholic News ServiceDecember 13, 20215 min read Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful twisters in U.S. history that leveled the city of 10,000 in western Kentucky overnight Dec. 10. ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Christmas is time for sharing, not commercialism, pope says Junno Arocho EstevesDecember 10, 20213 min read The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God’s love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsReligious FreedomWorld News Report IDs five European nations with increasing anti-Christian violence Simon CaldwellDecember 9, 20213 min read Catholics are facing soaring levels of discrimination in some of the most influential countries in Europe, a new report said. NewsWorld News Seafarers’ welfare, dignity need protection, Vatican foreign minister says Carol GlatzDecember 9, 20213 min read Vulnerable to abuse and hardship, seafarers’ dignity and welfare must be protected around the world, the Vatican foreign minister said. FeatureNewsSaintsWorld News Mass marks end of diocesan phase of inquiry for Day’s sainthood cause Beth GriffinDecember 9, 20216 min read More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dec. 8 to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld NewsYear of St. Joseph Pope closes Year of St. Joseph with marginalized young adults Carol GlatzDecember 9, 20212 min read Pope Francis closed the Year of St. Joseph with a private visit to a community in Rome that helps people experiencing marginalization, crisis or substance abuse. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope donates watch to benefit Wisconsin foundation’s scholarship program Catholic News ServiceDecember 9, 20215 min read A dream that Doug LaViolette had for well over a year — something he said a few friends told him was “crazy”– has come true. FeatureNewsWorld News Our Lady of Fatima statue near national shrine in Washington vandalized Julie AsherDecember 9, 20214 min read Days ahead of a major Marian feast day in the Catholic Church, a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington was vandalized, with Mary’s hands and nose cut off, her face scratched and the cross on her crown broken off. FeatureNewsRacial JusticeVaticanWorld News Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting Michael SwanDecember 7, 20213 min read The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. FeatureNewsOlympicsReligious FreedomSportsWorld News Religious freedom commission welcomes U.S. diplomatic boycott of Olympics Catholic News ServiceDecember 7, 20214 min read The Biden administration’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing sends “a strong and unequivocal message” to the Chinese government that its persecution of religious minorities will not be tolerated, said the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Previous 1 … 391 392 393 … 517 Next