Australian council in crisis after motions fail to get enough bishop votes July 6, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after more than 60 of the 277 members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church, including the defeat of a motion to formalize support for the ordination of women as deacons.
China deploys hundreds of auditors to monitor religious activities online July 6, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of “auditors” across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups.
Women’s voices: Pope says he’ll add women to Dicastery for Bishops July 6, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he plans to name two women to the committee that helps him choose bishops for the world’s Latin-rite dioceses.
Police deflect rioters from Portland Catholic church, avert vandalism July 6, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Police officers successfully drove dozens of anarchist rioters away from Holy Redeemer Church in Portland late July 1.
Teen trauma, impaired brain development seen as factors in gun violence July 5, 2022By Gina Christian Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News Gun violence in Philadelphia highlights the deep-seated trauma and developmental issues experienced by many of the city’s youth, said an Archdiocese of Philadelphia mental health professional.
After shooting, cardinal urges unity to ‘build path to safety and peace’ July 5, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Respect Life, World News Saying he watched “in horror” news reports in the aftermath of a mass shooting during a suburban Fourth of July parade, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago offered prayers for the victims.
In interview, pope condemns abortion, says he’s not resigning July 5, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he’s preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall.
Pope couldn’t go to Congo, but Congolese in Rome pray with him for peace July 5, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Despite disappointment that Pope Francis was not in Congo July 3, some 2,000 people — most of them Congolese — joined the pope for Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, singing, swaying and ululating. “Let us pray for peace and reconciliation in your homeland, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, so wounded […]
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as Supreme Court justice July 1, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice June 30, becoming the first Black woman in that role.
San Antonio archbishop asks church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck June 29, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck.
Missionaries of Charity kicked out of Nicaragua June 29, 2022By David Agren Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries from the Central American country’s increasingly repressive government.
Catholics need better understanding of the Mass, pope says June 29, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The “sense of mystery” and awe Catholics should experience at Mass is not one prompted by Latin or by “creative” elements added to the celebration, but by an awareness of sacrifice of Christ and his real presence in the Eucharist, Pope Francis said.
