Day: January 19, 2022

People’s mistakes and sins do not frighten God, pope says at audience

ROME — God is not frightened by people’s sins, mistakes or failures, Pope Francis said. What God is afraid of is “the closure of our hearts — this, yes, this makes him suffer — he is frightened by our lack of faith in his love,” the pope said Jan. 19 during his weekly general audience. […]

South Sudan bishop’s initiative helps eliminate need for cattle raids

KURON, South Sudan — In a country at war, it’s a region at peace, thanks to a retired South Sudanese Catholic bishop who has championed friendship among those who once saw each other as enemies. During the civil war between southern Sudanese and the government in Khartoum, Sudan, Bishop Paride Taban was bishop of Torit, […]

City names 2022 the Year of Edith Stein to mark 100 years since her baptism

Edith Stein, pictured as a student in 1913-1914. / Public Domain. Rome Newsroom, Jan 19, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA). This year marks the 100th anniversary of Edith Stein’s baptism in the Catholic Church. The city where the philosopher turned saint was born has launched a Year of Edith Stein to celebrate the life and […]

Synod of Bishops’ Resources Website Links to Women’s Ordination Group

Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The opening day of the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican Synod Hall on Oct. 3, 2018. The Women’s Ordination Conference, founded in 1975, describes itself as “the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as deacons, priests, and bishops.”

New Committee Aims to Build Up Political Candidates Who Support Religious Liberty for All

Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr Cardinal Dolan recently spoke out against attacks on houses of worship and religious art, saying such attacks are akin to attacking the community who prays there. Sam Brownback, a Catholic and a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for religious freedom, said the founders of the group are “increasingly concerned with declining religious freedom […]