Cardinal disbands charismatic community founded in 1986
Belgian Cardinal Josef De Kesel has closed down an international post-Vatican II “new ecclesial community” that has been blighted with problems for nearly 20 years
The pope’s action for peace in South Sudan facing obstacles
Pope Francis had hoped to give his peace initiative for South Sudan a significant boost by going to the country next week, a visit that had to be canceled for health reasons
Why do we pray to saints?
When we pray to saints , we ask them to be companions in our need, knowing that they are with us is all we really want and need from them
Pope calls murdered “angel of Haiti’s street children” a martyr
Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, an Italian who’d been ministering in Haiti the past two decades, was killed during a robbery on Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince
The synod: a transformative process
Recently, the synod coordinator for a U.S. diocese told me: “With our diocesan synodal team, we have organized listening sessions in all our parishes according to the methodology described in the ‘vademecum.’ We also did it in many other places, like Catholic schools, shelters for migrants and refugees, groups of single mothers, etc. It is […]
Pope to send Cardinal Parolin to Congo, South Sudan
Although he postponed his own trip to Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his secretary of state, to visit the two countries July 1-8, the Vatican press office said. Pope Francis had been scheduled to visit Kinshasa and Goma, Congo, July 2-5 and to make an ecumenical pilgrimage for peace […]
Archbishop asks church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck
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. Authorities said June 28 the death toll rose overnight to 50. Originally, first responders pulled 16 people — 12 adults and four teenagers — from […]
Archbishop asks church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck
SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for 46 people found dead and another 16 survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck. “We pray for the souls of the 46 people who died in such a cruel, inhuman manner this evening,” Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said in a statement […]
Archbishop, Ukrainian president call missile strikes on mall terrorist act
LVIV, Ukraine (CNS) — Russian missile strikes on a Ukrainian mall with about 1,000 civilians inside were the “largest terrorist attack in Europe in decades,” said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. On June 27, two Russian missiles hit Amstor Shopping Mall in Kremenchuk, an attack the archbishop called “an event […]
Nigeria: Prayer commemoration for the Owo Pentecost attack to be held 5 July.
A month after the Owo Pentecost massacre, Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province call for special prayers. Read all