world news EvangelizationFeatureJournalismNewsWorld News Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications Christina Lee KnaussDecember 4, 20228 min read Catholic media, like their secular counterpart, is facing a day of reckoning caused by the rapid switch from print to digital media, as well as financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors. FeatureNewsWar in UkraineWorld News Utah Catholic helps ‘Wrap Ukraine with Quilts’ Catholic News ServiceDecember 4, 20223 min read Nadia Molina e is not only praying; she is been putting her talents into action: cutting, sewing and piecing fabric into quilts to help Ukrainian children affected by the war. Faith FormationFeatureNewsWorld NewsWorship & Sacraments For converts to Catholicism, RCIA is now ‘OCIA’: What’s behind name change? Catholic News ServiceDecember 3, 20226 min read The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops changed the name of one of the best-known acronyms in the church, reorienting the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) into the new Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsWorld News Agencies in Texas archdiocese assist immigrants, refugees seeking asylum Jo Ann ZunigaDecember 3, 20226 min read Casa Juan Diego and Catholic Charities, recuperating from an overflow of Venezuelans seeking asylum from their country’s economic and political spiral this summer, may have to brace themselves for another possible surge this holiday season. FeatureMarriage & Family LifeNewsVaticanWorld News Give joyful witness and lobby hard for families, pope tells Italian groups Cindy WoodenDecember 2, 20223 min read Italy’s declining birthrate is alarming, and groups that assist Italian families must do more both in terms of lobbying and witnessing to the joy of family life, Pope Francis said. FeatureImmigration and MigrationNewsVaticanWorld News Migration must be managed, not stopped, pope tells European governments Cindy WoodenDecember 2, 20224 min read Migration across the Mediterranean Sea is as old as humanity, and while some governments say they want to stop that movement of people, it will not and should not happen, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsWar in UkraineWorld News Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow Catholic News ServiceDecember 2, 20223 min read The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate. FeatureNewsWar in UkraineWorld News Ukrainian American deacon urges prayers for Ukraine in winter months Tom TracyDecember 2, 20225 min read Deacon Logusch, a child of Ukrainian immigrants and now retired after a career in chemistry and teaching, told about 40 Ukrainian parishioners gathered at St. Mary’s Assumption Nov. 27 that he hopes the world fully appreciates the long-standing and well-established territorial ambitions of Russian expansionism. Black Catholic MinistryNewsRacial JusticeWorld News Cardinal Gregory blesses parish cemetery marker honoring enslaved Mark ZimmermannDecember 1, 20227 min read When Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory blessed a parish cemetery’s memorial plaque honoring the unknown enslaved people buried there, Nov. 26, he noted the poignancy of his participation in the service at St. Peter Claver Parish in St. Inigoes. ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican announces Pope Francis’ end-of-year liturgy schedule Robert DuncanDecember 1, 20222 min read With most of the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic removed, Pope Francis is scheduled to return to a full slate of public liturgies in December and January. Previous 1 … 646 647 648 … 857 Next