world news ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican publishes schedule of papal Christmas liturgies Catholic News ServiceNovember 28, 20232 min read As Vatican workers continued to decorate the Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square and to erect a platform for the Nativity scene, the office of papal liturgical ceremonies published the list of holiday Masses and prayer services Pope Francis would celebrate. FeatureJournalismNewsVaticanWorld News Media must show, promote respect for human dignity, pope says Cindy WoodenNovember 28, 20232 min read An important part of the mission of Catholic media is to forgo the shocking, sensational or superficial when such stories present the people involved as less than human and unworthy of respect, Pope Francis said. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsWorld News For most families with loved ones still held by Hamas, the painful wait continues Rick SnizekNovember 28, 20237 min read Kalderon spends most days in Tel Aviv now joining other hostage family members in telling their stories to the media in order to keep the focus on those being held captive amid a destructive air and ground campaign being waged that has also killed thousands of innocent Palestinians caught in the crossfire. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsWorld News Russian drone damages Kyiv Catholic cathedral Gina ChristianNovember 27, 20234 min read Russia’s extensive drone attack on Kyiv Nov. 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. Crisis in IsraelFeatureNewsWorld News Israel-Hamas truce has been extended by two days; more hostages scheduled to be released OSV NewsNovember 27, 20236 min read Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry said Nov. 27 that an agreement has been reached to extend the Israel-Hamas truce for another two days. The announcement was made by a ministry’s spokesperson on X on the final day of a four-day cease-fire in which hostages abducted by Hamas in October have been released in exchange for Palestinian […] FeatureNewsSynodalityWorld News Bishop Barron criticizes synod report’s suggestion scientific advances could shift church morality teaching Maria WieringNovember 27, 20235 min read Bishop Robert E. Barron said he is in “frank disagreement” with a section of a report from the Synod on Synodality indicating that scientific advances could prompt “rethinking” of the church’s teaching on sexual morality. BishopsFeatureNewsSynodalityWorld News German bishop denounces Polish archbishop for letter to pope protesting Germany’s reform course OSV NewsNovember 27, 20234 min read Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, has written a letter to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, accusing him of “unbrotherly behavior” and of an “enormous overstepping of his authority.” The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing’s letter, dated Nov. 21, on Nov. 27. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope’s health improving; he keeps some appointments Cindy WoodenNovember 27, 20233 min read Pope Francis is breathing easier after undergoing intravenous antibiotic treatment for pulmonary inflammation, the director of the Vatican press office said. NewsWorld News On third day of cease-fire, more Hamas hostages freed; Israel releases more Palestinians Judith SudilovskyNovember 27, 20238 min read The Hamas militant group Nov. 26 released a third group of hostages numbering 17, who include 12 Israelis, one American woman and an Israeli-American child and three Thai nationals, according to The Associated Press, and Israel confirmed it freed another 39 Palestinians. Crisis in IsraelFeatureNewsWorld News Biden celebrates release of some Hamas hostages, says it is ‘only a start’ Kate ScanlonNovember 27, 20234 min read President Joe Biden said Nov. 26 that he and first lady Jill Biden, “together with so many Americans are praying,” for 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an Israeli-American child who was in the third group of hostages released a few hours earlier by Hamas. Previous 1 … 78 79 80 … 446 Next