Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

The Pope’s Public Image Destroyed in Ukraine

From September 3 to 13, the synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church brought together 45 bishops, from Ukraine as well as from Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia. On September 6, participants went to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis for two hours. The bishops thanked the Pontiff in a statement, and […]

News on Pius XII and the Jews

The Nazi authorities occupied Rome from September 10, 1943 to June 4, 1944. During this dark period, 2,000 Jews – among them children and adolescents – were deported and never returned. Researchers from the Pontifical Biblical Institute of the Vatican and those from the Yad Vashem Holocaust research institute have just made their most recent […]

Franciscan friar in Syria becomes bishop of Latin-rite Catholics in Aleppo 

The new Bishop Hanna Jallouf, OFM, walks down the center aisle of St. Francis Church in Aleppo, Syrian, after his episcopal ordination, Sept. 17, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesy of TAWK CENTRE Jerusalem, Sep 18, 2023 / 14:23 pm (CNA). A new chapter has begun in the history of the Catholic Church in Syria. For […]

Historic twin marches for life in Germany face disruptions and defiance

Participants at the March for Life in Cologne, Germany, Sept. 16, 2023. / Credit: Martin Grünewald/CNA Deutsch) CNA Newsroom, Sep 18, 2023 / 14:55 pm (CNA). For the first time in the history of the German March for Life, pro-life advocates in Germany simultaneously took to the streets of both Cologne and Berlin this past […]