Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 14, 2019 / 09:15 am (CNA).- Salesian Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, Pope Francis’ second cousin who has been a missionary in Thailand for over 50 years, will be in attendance during.. CNA - Published
Vatican City, Nov 14, 2019 / 07:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis urged interreligious dialogue in Burkina Faso Wednesday as ongoing violence by jihadist groups has killed more than 750 people in the West.. CNA - Published
Vatican City, Nov 14, 2019 / 04:47 am (CNA).- Pope Francis Nov. 14 appointed Spanish Jesuit Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves as prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, following the expiration of.. CNA - Published
Pope Francis has appointed Father Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, general counsellor of the Society of Jesus, as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy. Cardinal Pell’s five-year term as the.. Catholic Culture - Published
Lexington, Ky., Nov 14, 2019 / 03:12 am (CNA).- A Kentucky diocese is leasing a tenantless building to a Catholic charity to create a holistic recovery program for people in the area struggling with.. CNA - Published
The priest who said the chapel had been desecrated added, “The thugs had said very offensive things about the nuns,” according to the report on the attack on the vandalism at the Malahide.. Catholic Culture - Published
Days after the looting of a parish in Santiago (the nation’s capital), vandals set fire to a parish in Talca, a city of 200,000. Catholic Culture - Published
The Diocese of Ruteng “was previously led by Bishop Hubertus Leteng, who was accused by his own priests of misappropriating Church funds and keeping a mistress before he resigned,” according to the.. Catholic Culture - Published
“The Court noted that according to many international documents on the situation in Afghanistan, Afghans who had become Christians or who were suspected of conversion would be exposed to a risk of.. Catholic Culture - Published
“The ISIS militants are tools in the hands of the United States and Turkey,” said Bishop Georges Abou Khazen, the apostolic vicar of Aleppo. Catholic Culture - Published
“Recent allegations of sexual misconduct at Christ the King Seminary are a central component of the problems that have triggered the recent apostolic visitation of the Diocese of Buffalo,” the.. Catholic Culture - Published
“Today the habit of persecuting Jews is beginning to be reborn,” the Pope said on November 13. “Brothers and sisters: this is neither human nor Christian; the Jews are our brothers and sisters.. Catholic Culture - Published
Indonesia’s bishops discussed the Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Abu Dhabi in February. Indonesia (map), the world’s fourth most populous.. Catholic Culture - Published
South Bend, Ind., Nov 14, 2019 / 12:38 am (CNA).- When French Catholic Jean Vanier brought two men with intellectual disabilities to live with him in his home, he did so more out of a sense of.. CNA - Published
Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov 13, 2019 / 11:01 pm (CNA).- After the dissipation of Cyclone Bulbul, Catholic organizations have provided aid to the victims in Bangladesh, and assessed the immediate and long.. CNA - Published
Pope Francis called for action to protect young people from the child abuse spawned by the internet, in a November 14 address to a Vatican conference on that topic. “We must ban from the face of the.. Catholic Culture - Published
Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York—who is in Rome for his ad limina visit—told journalist Christopher Altieri that rumors he had submitted his resignation were “absolutely false.” The.. Catholic Culture - Published
The Diocese of Graz-Seckau has confirmed that a lesbian couple received a priest’s blessing at a church service celebrating their union. The diocese emphasized that the ceremony was “not a.. Catholic Culture - Published
Hong Kong, China, Nov 13, 2019 / 04:39 pm (CNA).- Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have continued to escalate into violence, with many apparent incidents of forceful police tactics, including at a.. CNA - Published
Columbus, Ohio, Nov 13, 2019 / 03:20 pm (CNA).- Two Democratic lawmakers in Ohio have introduced legislation that would prohibit the state from requiring doctors to provide patients with information.. CNA - Published
Dublin, Ireland, Nov 13, 2019 / 02:51 pm (CNA).- A group broke into an Irish Carmelite monastery during the daytime, vandalized its chapel and shouted slurs at the elderly nuns who lived there on.. CNA - Published
Newark, N.J., Nov 13, 2019 / 01:54 pm (CNA).- Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn is rejecting an allegation that he sexually molested a minor in the 1970s, calling it a “false.. CNA - Published
Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2019 / 11:48 am (CNA).- A national third-party reporting system for allegations of abuse, neglect, or misconduct against bishops could be activated by February 2020, the U.S... CNA - Published
Wellington, New Zealand, Nov 13, 2019 / 10:52 am (CNA).- The New Zealand Parliament voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide Wednesday, sending the bill to a referendum next.. CNA - Published
Baltimore, Md., Nov 13, 2019 / 09:44 am (CNA).- The USCCB’s migration committee chairman hopes that Congress can come to a solution regarding the situation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.. CNA - Published
Venice, Italy, Nov 13, 2019 / 08:05 am (CNA).- The crypt of S. Mark’s Basilica is left completely flooded Wednesday after Venice’s water levels hit the highest level in more than 50 years.
Local.. CNA - Published
Vatican City, Nov 13, 2019 / 04:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis denounced rising anti-Semitism Wednesday as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian.
"The Jewish people have suffered so much in.. CNA - Published
Angola, a southwestern African nation (map) of 30.4 million, is 41% Catholic and 38% Protestant. Pope Benedict XVI made an apostolic journey there in 2009. Catholic Culture - Published
The Australian government has sent some refugees to an island in Papua New Guinea, where they are detained in a camp that has faced criticism for abuses. Catholic Culture - Published
“By preserving the original meters of the Latin hymns, without the extraneous addition of rhyme,” ICEL [the International Commission on English in the Liturgy] in its new translations “has.. Catholic Culture - Published
“DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] youth are leaders in our parishes and significant contributors to our economy and communities,” said Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin, chairman of the US.. Catholic Culture - Published
“498 ordinands had begun training this year at the country’s 83 Catholic seminaries, 20% fewer than in 2018,” according to the report. Catholic Culture - Published
Pachamama is not a divinity or idol that is worshiped, but is mother earth, honored as the “creation and manifestation of the love of God,” writes retired Mexican Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel... Catholic Culture - Published
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin asked the US bishops to lend their support to the initiative to have the second-century saint declared a doctor of the Church. Catholic Culture - Published
At a Mass celebrated in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on November 12, Pope Francis preached on Wisdom 2:23-3:9, the first reading of the day. Catholic Culture - Published
On May 29, Pope Francis began a new series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to the Acts of the Apostles; Saints Aquila and Priscilla (or Prisca) are mentioned in Acts 18. Catholic Culture - Published
“This will prolong what has been a lengthy and difficult process, but we can only hope that the appeal will be heard as soon as reasonably possible and that the High Court’s judgement will bring.. Catholic Culture - Published
Rome, Italy, Nov 13, 2019 / 03:01 am (CNA).- Osamu Giovanni Micico had never read the Bible, knew nothing of the stories of Christ in the gospels, and had never heard of the apostles, when his.. CNA - Published
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, who recently completed a Vatican-ordered investigation into the Diocese of Buffalo, has himself been hit with a sex-abuse complaint. The bishop denies the charge,.. Catholic Culture - Published
In testimony before a government investigating panel, two English bishops have said that Cardinal Vincent Nichols urged them not to express support for a sex-abuse victim, because any such public.. Catholic Culture - Published
Santiago, Chile, Nov 12, 2019 / 11:01 pm (CNA).- Several churches across Chile have been attacked and looted amid anti-government protests in the country.
The demonstrations began in mid-October in.. CNA - Published
New York City, N.Y., Nov 12, 2019 / 10:01 pm (CNA).- New Hope Family Services, a Christian non-profit, is defending its long-standing child placement program from New York state officials who say it.. CNA - Published
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