What is the feast of the Visitation?
On May 31, we observe the feast of the Visitation, commemorating the visit of theVirgin Mary, who was with child, to her cousin Elizabeth, who was also expecting. The event embodies attentive charity, joy in God’s plan, and faith in Jesus’ nature and mission.
Global charity Mary’s Meals expands school-feeding program to Mozambique
(OSV News) — Mary’s Meals, a global charity organization committed to ending child hunger, has expanded its school feeding program to the southern African country of Mozambique — a place reeling from a climate change-induced drought and devastating floods that continue to plunge millions of people across southern Africa into extreme hunger. The charity currently […]
4 things to ponder on the feast of the Visitation
Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni, “The Visitation,” 1416. Oratio of St. John the Baptist, Urbino, Italy. / Credit: Public Domain CNA Staff, May 31, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). The feast of the Visitation was established for the entire Church by Pope Urban VI in 1389, just months before his death, in the hopes of bringing […]
Amid civil war, only 2 churches in Sudan’s capital still offer Mass every Sunday (Crux)
Amid a devastating civil war, only two of the 13 Catholic churches in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, offer Mass every Sunday, according to Father Jacob Thelekkadan, a priest who ministers there. Father Thelekkadan spoke of “widespread starvation, destruction and death.” “Some of the people, including children and young ones, have come closer in their relationship with […]
Polish abuse victims demand suspension of bishops’ conference president (The Tablet)
46 Polish abuse victims have called for the suspension of Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdańsk, the new president of the episcopal conference. The prelate has been accused of negligence in addressing abuse.
122 priests, religious accused of abusing over 1,000 Native American children at boarding schools (Washington Post)
122 priests and religious have been accused of sexually abusing over 1,000 Native American children at 22 US boarding schools between the late 19th century and the early 21st century, according to a Washington Post investigation. Of the schools examined in the article, the six at which abuse allegations were most prevalent were all Jesuit […]
USCCB president decries EEOC’s unjust abortion mandate, defends lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops deplored the new abortion leave-time mandate for employers and explained why the bishops filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration. “The US Conference of Catholic Bishops cheered when Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in 2022,” said Archbishop Timothy […]
Amid Sudan’s raging conflict, faith keeps a Catholic community alive
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon –A Catholic priest in Sudan has detailed the disturbing story of survival amid the country’s raging conflict. Father Jacob Thelekkadan is trapped inside Dar Mariam, the residence of the Salesian Sisters in Shajara, just outside Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Fighting broke out between two rival armed factions in the capital in April 2023. The […]
Priest says National Eucharistic Pilgrimage causes faithful to ‘get out and kneel on the asphalt’
NEW YORK – When the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passed through the Bronx borough of New York City last week, Father Roger Landry witnessed what he describes as the heroic efforts of an older woman, who insisted on getting out of her wheelchair to kneel before Jesus. “It was already an effort just to come out […]
Kidnapped Nigerian priest released from captivity
Catholics in Nigeria received some good news on Thursday, when I priest kidnapped over a week ago was released by his captors. Father Oliver Buba of Yola Diocese is the latest priest to be kidnapped in Nigeria. He was taken on May 21. In a statement released the same day by Bishop Stephen Mamza of […]