McCarrick: ‘I Have Trouble With Words’
David L Ryan/The Boston Globe Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick appears for an arraignment at Dedham District Court, Sept. 3, 2021, in Dedham, Mass. The defrocked Cardinal McCarrick, the highest ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, was found not competent to stand trial […]
Pope Francis appoints Pittsburgh priest as bishop of Ohio-based Byzantine eparchy
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims from the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo in St. Peter’s Basilica, Dec. 11, 2019. / Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis this week confirmed the appointment of a Pittsburgh priest as the bishop of a Byzantine Catholic eparchy serving several midwestern […]
Beatification novena for family of 9 martyred by Nazis begins Friday
Members of the Ulma family at their home and farm. On March 24, 1944, all nine members of the Ulma family were killed by the Nazis for hiding a Jewish family in their home in Poland, including a child still in the womb. / Credit: Father Witold B… […]
How Blessed Mary found her way to Mongolia
Father Andrew Tin Nguyen, parish priest of Mary Help of Christians in Darkhan, Mongolia, with Tsetsegee, who found a statue of the Blessed Mother in a landfill, which will be blessed by Pope Francis during his trip to Mongolia from Aug. 31–Sept…. […]
Fire devastates historic Oregon Catholic church: Sanctuary is lost
The fire that devastated St. Joseph’s sanctuary was primarily concentrated in the roof. / Photo courtesy of Abigail Dollins/Statesman Journal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2023 / 14:17 pm (CNA). A large fire devastated St. Joseph Catholic Church, a historic parish in Salem, Oregon, early Thursday morning, leading pastor Father Jeff Meeuwsen to conclude that […]
Great Sinners, Great Saints
Some spread the lie that certain sins are too great to overcome, but that anti-gospel is refuted by the lives of great sinners turned great saints. Watch other episodes of Forward Boldly. Buy Christine a coffee.
Dispute escalates between Carmelites, Fort Worth bishop (WFAA)
An ugly public dispute between Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and the Carmelite nuns of Arlington has escalated, with the bishop ordered that the monastery must be closed to the public, and the nuns refusing to accept his authority. Bishop Olson announced that the Carmel is “closed to public access” because of the […]
China denies mainland bishops permission to meet Pope in Mongolia (America)
The Chinese government has denied permission for Catholic bishops on the mainland to travel to Mongolia to meet with Pope Francis during the Pope’s visit there this week. Cardinal John Tong, the retired Bishop of Hong Kong, has made the trip to Mongolia, as has his successor, Cardinal-designate Stephen Chow, and Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang […]
Archbishop Sheen’s beatification to be rescheduled? (CNA)
The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should no longer face roadblocks, reports Msgr. Jason Gray, the executive director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation. The cause for Archbishop Sheen, a renowned evangelist who commanded an enormous American television audience, was delayed by a legal battle between the Archdiocese of New York, where he had been […]
Bishop of Beijing prays for diplomatic ties between Vatican, China (Fides)
Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing offered a prayer for the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See “as soon as possible” as he presided at a Mass opening the academic year at his diocesan seminary on August 28. In his homily the bishop did not remark on the government’s refusal […]