How to Plant Christendom In Your Parish Community Next Year
There is a shift among faithful Catholics – it is the desire to renew their faith through prayers, penance, and fasting. The desire to grow closer to God is beyond anything the superficial world can offer the soul. Yet, the spiritual world combined with the natural world can offer quite a penitential and cleansing experience. […]
Disminuyen las denuncias de abusos, pero sigue habiendo problemas, según un informe de los obispos de EE.UU.
(Read in English) (OSV News) — Las denuncias de abusos contra el clero católico y religiosos en los EE.UU. disminuyeron el año pasado, pero siguen existiendo desafíos en relación con la protección de los adultos vulnerables y garantizar la seguridad en línea, según la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de EE.UU. (USCCB por sus siglas en […]
European Countries’ Restrictions on Gender Treatment for Minors Contrasts Sharply With US Push
Davide Bonaldo Transgender flag displayed during a parade in Barcelona, Spain on July 15, 2023. Citing serious health risks and a lack of supporting evidence, Sweden, France and England have all adopted a more critical stance toward ‘gender affirming care’ for youth — a stark difference to the approach taken in many US states and […]
Tarbes nuns shelter women in distress in southern India
Hundreds of women have found a fresh start in a shelter managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India. The nuns counsel residents, provide them therapy and offer room and board.
Bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Vatican envoy tells UN
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations General Assembly, reiterates the pope’s call for an end to war
Leading Church aid group concerned over fate of Iraqi cardinal
L’Œuvre d’Orient, a Catholic aid organization that assists Eastern Christians, urges Iraq to reinstate legal recognition of Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako’s authority over the Chaldean Church
Military personnel in Senegal promote… Gregorian chant
Members of the Senegalese military join up with army veterans to form a Latin chant choir as a way to participate in evangelization
Priests should stop pushing deacons off to the side
The role of permanent deacons was barely discussed during local consultations for the Synod, yet deacons form an essential link between Catholics and their parish priests
‘Women Deliver 2023’: a female approach to build a better society
6,000 women from all over the world have come together in Kigali, Rwanda, to share a project aimed at the construction of more integrated environments. Director Lia Beltrami, presenting works supported by the Dicastery for Communication, highlights the importance of networking Read all
In Cameroon, parishes have not yet returned to pre-pandemic routines
In Cameroonian parishes, certain social distancing measures related to COVID-19 still seem to be in place despite the decline of the pandemic