Notre Dame leader to step down who faced 2009 controversy over Obama honor
NEW YORK – University of Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins has announced that he will step down from the position at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 academic school year, citing a desire to return to a teaching and ministry role at the university. “Serving as President of Notre Dame for me, has been both […]
US bishops echo call from Jerusalem Patriarch to pray for peace Oct. 17
NEW YORK – Echoing the call of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the U.S. Bishops are calling for a day of fasting, abstinence and prayer on Oct. 17 for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land amid a rapidly escalating war between Israel and Hamas. “On behalf of all the Ordinaries of the Holy Land, […]
UK Catholics urges World Bank to protect farmers against big agribusiness firms
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Over 70,000 English and Welsh Catholics, including 18 bishops, are calling on the World Bank to protect the right to seeds for farmers around the globe. The English Catholic aid group CAFOD wants the international group to allow small farmers to use their own varieties of seeds, a right that is […]
Saint of the day: Pope Callistus I
Pope St. Callistus I is celebrated as a saint and martyr on October 14. Because there are no trustworthy biographical accounts of the pope’s life, historians rely on an account written by his contemporary, Hippolytus of Rome. Hippolytus was eventually canonized as a martyr himself, but for many years he vocally opposed the pontificate of […]
How the ‘miracle of the sun’ in Fátima helped to end an atheist regime
CNA—Oct. 13, 1917, marked the last Marian apparition in Fátima and the day on which thousands of people bore witness to the miracle of the dancing sun — a miracle that shattered the prevalent belief at the time that God was no longer relevant. What was the world like when the Miracle of the Sun… […]
Listening to the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of the Age?
National Catholic Register Pope Francis leads prayer to begin the morning session at the Synod on Synodality Oct. 13 in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. COMMENTARY: The Holy Spirit’s role in our lives, whether we are at the Synod on Synodality, at home or at work, is to remind us of our mission, which […]