world news FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Preparations underway for global celebrations of World Meeting of Families Junno Arocho EstevesSeptember 30, 20213 min read 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. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Washington cardinal ordains deacons from North American College in Rome Carol GlatzSeptember 30, 20214 min read 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. FeatureNewsWorld News Missionary priest serving Native Alaskans is winner of Lumen Christi Award Catholic News ServiceSeptember 29, 20215 min read 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. FeatureNewsRespect LifeVaticanWorld News Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award Carol GlatzSeptember 29, 20215 min read 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. FeatureNewsSaintsWorld News There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says Catholic News ServiceSeptember 29, 20215 min read 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. NewsSocial JusticeVaticanWorld News Pope says Vatican II shaped his theology, including in social teaching Cindy WoodenSeptember 28, 20214 min read 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. CoronavirusFeatureNewsWorld News Cardinal Burke says recovery from COVID-19 will take several more weeks Catholic News ServiceSeptember 27, 20214 min read 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. FeatureNewsRacial JusticeWorld News Canadian bishops apologize for abuses, ongoing trauma of Indigenous Brian DrydenSeptember 27, 20214 min read 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. FeatureNewsSaintsWorld News Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas Patrick DownesSeptember 26, 20215 min read Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23. CoronavirusFeatureNewsWorld News SSPX leader says vaccination can be morally ‘prudent’ Cindy WoodenSeptember 24, 20213 min read 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.” Previous 1 … 404 405 406 … 518 Next