Pope names two Chinese bishops to synod; Vatican publishes synod schedule September 22, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News On the recommendation of the Catholic bishops of mainland China in consultation with the Chinese government, Pope Francis has named two bishops from the country’s mainland as members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
St. Maria Goretti High School faces uncertain future after difficult decision by archdiocese September 21, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Sept. 21 that it can no longer bridge the gap for operations and will cease providing funds to St. Maria Goretti Regional Catholic High School in Hagerstown at the end of the current academic year.
Bishop Strickland will not resign, but says he will respect Pope Francis’ authority if removed September 21, 2023By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Bishop Joseph E. Strickland said he will not resign as bishop of Tyler, Texas, but if Pope Francis removes him from the diocese, he will respect the pope’s authority.
‘¿Qué va a pasar?’: El fallo sobre DACA mantiene a los ‘Dreamers’ en el limbo legal September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: En Español Un reciente fallo judicial se ha convertido en otra curva de una “montaña rusa” para cientos de miles de personas que llegaron a Estados Unidos cuando eran niños sin permiso legal, dijo una experta en inmigración.
‘What’s going to happen?’: DACA ruling keeps ‘Dreamers’ in immigration limbo September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A recent court ruling has become another bend in a “rollercoaster” ride for hundreds of thousands of individuals who arrived in the U.S. as children without legal permission, said an immigration expert.
Vatican asks U.N. Security Council to join efforts for peace in Ukraine September 21, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The Vatican urged members of the U.N. Security Council to be “creative and courageous artisans of peace and weavers of constructive dialogue” to find a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine.
Former Soviet political prisoners urge Jewish and Ukrainian unity amid WWII memorial row September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News Former Soviet political prisoners have pointed to “a common enemy,” one intent on undermining the cause of Ukrainian-Jewish understanding they worked to achieve, in a recent controversy over a World War II memorial in a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery near Philadelphia.
Russia’s goal is to destroy population in Ukraine, Lviv bishop says after drone attack September 21, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News “It destroyed a year and a half worth of work,” Auxiliary Bishop Edward Kawa of Lviv said about a Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman Catholic mission of Caritas in Ukraine, in the early morning hours of Sept. 19.
Catholic high school teacher fired for covering up previous employment, sex services charges September 21, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A Catholic high school in Kentucky has fired a teacher who had failed to disclose previous charges of soliciting prostitution while employed at another Catholic school.
Videogame Review: ‘Under the Waves’ September 21, 2023By Adele Chapline Smith OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews People often use the phrase “drowning in grief” to describe an experience of profound loss. “Under the Waves” (Quantic Dream) makes that phrase come alive by placing an acutely bereaved character in the depths of the ocean.
New stage for U.S. seminarians focuses on human and spiritual formation September 21, 2023By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News The sixth edition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Program of Priestly Formation, or PPF, which began to be implemented last year, mandates a “propaedeutic” (pro-pih-DOO-tic) stage for all men first entering into seminary.
Reasons why St. Francis is a model of synodality September 21, 2023By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Synodality We should be disciples like St. Francis, striving our best to imitate our master, he who was poor and willing to lay down his life in reparation for our sins.
