Ukrainian Catholic leader objects to Pope’s plan for Stations of the Cross (CNS)

The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has asked Pope Francis to drop his plan to have Ukrainian and Russian families join in carrying the cross during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in the Roman Coliseum. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said that the gesture, accompanied by a plea for reconciliation, would be […]

70 bishops caution German episcopate on Synodal Path (CNA)

More than 70 bishops from around the world—most of them from the US—have signed an open letter to the Catholic bishops of Germany, warning of “our growing concern about the nature of the entire German ‘Synodal Path.’” The letter argues that the German bishops’ plans for radical changes in Church teaching and discipline will create […]