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HOUSTON — Catholic Extension honored Houston native Raye G. White with its fifth annual Spirit of Francis Award “for his passion and commitment” to the faith community in the Houston area. The award recognizes an individual or group who…

The meeting of bishops and mayors from the Mediterranean ends on Sunday with religious and civil leaders pledging to work together and calling for an end to the war in Ukraine. By Benedict Mayaki, SJ - Florence, Italy The…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Pope Francis is encouraging Catholics and people around the world to not only pray on Ash Wednesday next week, but also to offer their “fast” to the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. Fasting means limiting the…

MADRID (AP) — A Madrid-based law firm will conduct a year-long investigation into past and present sexual abuse by Spanish Catholic clergy, members of religious orders, teachers and others associated with the church, law firm and the…

DETROIT — A word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his baptism in 1990 at a church in suburban Detroit."Wait," Reverend Matthew Hood remembers thinking. "Something doesn't seem right…

A tender and loving farewell to the Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, Remi De Roo, included “the warm greetings of Pope Francis, who joins us in mourning and thanksgiving, and who sends his blessing.” This greeting was…

“His Holiness Bartholomew never ceased to point out dialogue, in charity and in truth, as the only possible way for reconciliation among all believers in Christ and for the re-establishment of their full communion. We…

A parishioner at a church in Western Australia captured the moment police interrupted mass to demand that five people who were not wearing face masks comply with the law. The woman who photographed the raid at St Bernadette's Church in…

(RNS) - Before the pandemic, The Potter's House of Denver had a lot of use for its 3,500-seat sanctuary in the southeast corner of Colorado's capital. But in early January, the megachurch announced it was selling its building and…

VENICE — The Diocese of Venice will hold several "listening sessions" as part of its participation in the Catholic Church's synod titled "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission," a global effort for "deeper communion , a…

His funeral was held on Saturday at St Andrew's Cathedral in Victoria Remi De Roo, the former Catholic Bishop of Victoria, was remembered on Saturday as a church 'prophet and pilgrim', a pioneer of reform and an advocate for social…

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Pro-life protesters are seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on December 1, 2021, the day judges heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization over a Mississippi law banning most abortions after…

By Julie Asher • Catholic Press Service • Published on January 26, 2022 WASHINGTON (CNS) - If Roe falls, "my hope is that we will come together and seize this opportunity to create a post-Roe America where human life is…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) - Contrary to the impeccable image of many holy men and women, a depiction of one of the Catholic Church's new martyrs looks anything but polished. The boy is a little stooped. His cuffed pants are slightly…

Standing in the family hardware store on Main Street in Carrick-on-Suir, Fiona Hearn recalls how Father Richard Geoghegan gave his son First Communion 15 years ago.…

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Catholic Church and her people stand ready not only to help pregnant women bring their pregnancies to term, but also to help women who have had abortions, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said. chairman of the…

Published on: 01/20/2022 - 04:05 A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sexual abuse in the Catholic…

The Women's Ordination Conference, founded in 1975, describes itself as "the oldest and largest organization working to ordain women as deacons, priests and bishops".…

Our Mother of Good Counsel Clare Priory ChurchJane Crone is from Clare Priory Parish in Suffolk. She is part of the parish synod team, along with two other lay people and Fr. Gladson Dabre OSA. She writes: In October 2021, Pope Francis…

Parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington this month and in February and March will hold listening sessions as the most local part of the Synod of Bishops 2021-2023, titled "For a Synod Church: Communion,…

Pope Francis has said that couples who choose to have pets instead of children are selfish. Addressing a general audience about Saint Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus Christ on Wednesday, January 5, Pope Francis criticized such…

Although scientists have made great strides in medicine, genuine care and listening to those in pain should always be at the forefront of any therapy, Pope Francis said. "Patients are always more important than their…

ROSARIO, Argentina - Hours before boarding the plane to his new post, the Pope's representative in Mexico called the land of Our Lady of Guadalupe a "faithful" place, but also "flogged with violence, by dead ". Archbishop Franco…

In his New Year's greetings to the world, Pope Francis encouraged people on Saturday to focus on the good that unites them and spoke out against violence against women while acknowledging that the coronavirus pandemic has left many people…

MAYFIELD, Ky. (CNS) - Mourning, prayer and determination to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful tornadoes in U.S. history that wiped out the town of 10,000 in western Kentucky on the…

ROME - Even if the papacy is not a popularity contest, the influence of a pope in his country of origin is a means of measuring his performance. Alas, when it comes to Pope Francis' Argentina, things are a bit more complicated: according…

Pope Francis said he would come as a "pilgrim" to beautiful Greece and Cyprus in a pre-recorded message on November 27 ahead of his visit to the two countries from December 2-6. “Dear brothers and sisters of Cyprus and…

WASHINGTON (CNS) - On November 28, 2020, when Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals from around the world - including Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Washington - the pontiff reminded them of the importance of remaining "a close…

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, November 28, 2021 / 06:52 On the first Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis reminded Christians that an essential ingredient in living an alert and joyful life is prayer. “Be awake, keep your…

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PARIS (AP) - The Archbishop of Paris has offered to step down after admitting to having an "ambiguous" relationship with a woman in 2012, the archdiocese said.Archbishop Michel Aupetit, who has headed the church in Paris since 2018, sent a…

"I believe that the best way for the Church to understand the new movements of social justice," said the president of the USCCB, "is to understand them as pseudo-religions, even replacements and rivals of Christian beliefs.…

The Pride 365 shirt looked like the one sold by Target (Photo: Target) There was a rainbow-colored ruckus at a Catholic school in northeast Baltimore over the weekend. The Baltimore Brewery reports that a 12-year-old student at…

When asked if the subject of abortion was raised during his recent Vatican summit with Pope Francis, President Joe Biden replied, “No, it isn't. and I should continue to receive Communion. "The next day, The Associated…

By Carol Glatz, Catholic Information Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Collecting information and statistics on child sexual abuse is an important tool to assess established responses and to develop recommendations aimed at fixing a failing…

U.S. Catholic bishops voted to pass a document on Holy Communion and who should receive the sacrament, a question that was in part inspired by President Biden's election. Mr. Biden, a devout Catholic, supports the right of women to have…

The elevation of the Eucharist is pictured in a stained glass window in St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Maryland on July 15, 2021. CNS Photo / Bob Roller The Catholic…

BALTIMORE - The process of recognizing saints in Catholicism is so arduous that it can take generations, if not centuries, but even the generally slow Catholic Church can speed things up when it wants to. In the cases of Mother…

November is the month when the Catholic Church asks the faithful to know and honor these saints, well known and less known, who have lived holy lives and whose virtues we can imitate. It is also the perfect time to…

WASHINGTON - When President Joe Biden met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday, he presented the pontiff with a century-old, hand-spun cloak from a church in the nation's capital with a long history and a liberal bent.But it was not the…

ROME - After a six-week diplomatic uproar over a scuttled submarine deal and accusations of American duplicity, President Biden made an individual effort on Friday to mend barriers with French President Emmanuel Macron admitting that ,…

In a recent sermon, a deacon from my local Catholic church recounted a humorous anecdote about a group of Protestants entering Heaven after dying in a bus crash. Saint Peter greets them and tells them to quietly walk past a certain group…

The Catholic Church should play a leading role in protecting the environment and combating climate change, said the bishop who is the commissioner for environmental and climate issues at the German bishops'…

On Friday morning, when President Joe Biden has an official audience with Pope Francis, some heads will explode. For a certain type of Catholic, Biden represents a repudiation of their understanding of their own…

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic Press Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With many people around the world facing exclusion and inequality, the social teaching of the Catholic Church can inspire new economic systems that are more…

The Archdiocese of Kuching is organizing a day of joint recollection with priests, religious and laity with an emphasis on the construction of a synodal church. 22 October 2021…

Friday, October 22, 2021 IC photo / Marie Mischel + Expand Bishop Oscar A. Solis preaches at the opening mass of the diocesan synod on October 17 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. By Marie Mischel…

By Lucien Chauvin, Catholic Information Service LIMA, Peru (CNS) - Indigenous peoples of Latin America will play a central role at a regional assembly that the Catholic Church will hold in Mexico at the end of November. The Sixth Church…

In an interview with Vatican News last week, Cardinal Semeraro said that "the figure of the postulator and the office he occupies continue to be important and, at the same time, delicate".…

Last Supper House has become an expert in 'hangout' claimsThe Holy Grail, or Holy Chalice, is one of the most sacred and sought-after objects in Christian religion and in Arthurian legend. When we speak in the context of Jesus Christ, it…

By Tonny Onyulo • Catholic Information Service • Posted on October 15, 2021 While selling dried fish at her stall at Kimironko Market in Kigali, Rwanda, Therese Mukabunane recounted how…

The same institutional and ethical divide, it seems, stretches across the Atlantic, connecting America and France. Yet the ways in which the two nations measured these earthquakes reveal very different approaches.The Spotlight team's…

As an expectation of the imminent Pope's visit to Malta, Francis faces a sort of crisis at home. The recently exposed sexual abuse scandal in the French Church is utterly shocking and devastating to those directly and indirectly affected.…

Pictures from last month of border officers on horseback whipping helplessly Haitian asylum seekers are just the latest horrific example of the inhuman mistreatment this country inflicts on human beings seeking a…

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who resigned his post as Archbishop of Lyon in 2020, is pictured in a church in Mosul, Iraq, July 24, 2017. A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France, to be published on…

An investigation by the Catholic Church in France found that priests, church workers and volunteers have sexually assaulted around 330,000 minors since 1950.The discovery appears in a voluminous report released Tuesday, the latest in a…

PARIS (Reuters) - An independent commission will shed light on the extent of sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergymen in France since 1950 on Tuesday.Ahead of the publication of his findings, Commission President Jean-Marc Sauve…

Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Antoine Kambanda on Wednesday September 29 among the members of the Congregation for Catholic Education. Founded in 1588, the group is the papal congregation responsible for all…

Faith groups - many of whom have long advocated for a more welcoming immigration policy - have struggled to…

While some Catholics are drawn to traditionalist parishes, others are leaving them, writes Rebecca Bratten Weiss in a recent commentary. Bratten Weiss has interviewed some of those Catholics who say it's not because…

Cardinal John Krol speaks with Father Augustin William Atkinson prior to his priestly ordination in 1974 (Archdiocese of Philadelphia Historical Research Center: Robert and Theresa Halvey Photograph Collection) By Gina…

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A leader of Canada's National Assembly of Catholic Bishops says he hopes an apology for the prejudice suffered at the residential schools could mark a turning point in the Church's relationship with Indigenous peoples, but some community…

Through Jerry newcombe, Contributor to the CP editorial | Saturday 25 September 2021A woman walks past a statue of Father Junipero Serra in front of the San Gabriel Mission in San Gabriel, California on June 21, 2020. Serra, recognized…

Unpublished photo from the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation Canada (NCDR) showing Indigenous children and religious workers outside Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, Canada (Photo: EFE) Canada's Catholic Bishops…

Published on: 09/25/2021 - 06:59 The Catholic Church apologized "unequivocally" on Friday to Indigenous peoples in…

Advocates say measures are needed to stop the hemorrhaging of Christians from their biblical homelands, especially Lebanon and Iraq, as security, poor governance and economic crises threaten their future.“Lebanon is now…

Friday, September 24, 2021 IC file photo + Expand Bishop Oscar A. Solis By Bishop Oscar A. Solis Bishop of Salt Lake City Greetings of peace and welcome to our Annual Diocesan Pastoral Congress. Our theme…

LINCOLN, Neb. (CNS) - The chairman of the pro-life committee of US bishops told a Nebraska pro-life conference that "there are legitimate reasons to hope" that the United States Supreme Court can grant the States "more authority to…

The Church and Polish society were not prepared to face the crisis caused by the sexual abuse of minors. Negative reactions first prevailed. In recent years, thanks to journalists and clear guidelines from the Holy See, the Church in…

In recent days, the public sphere in Kerala has been rocked by intense - and at times acrimonious - debates over the claim made in a sermon by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Bishop of Pala Mar, Joseph Kallarangatt, that there are more and more…

An employee weighs marijuana into a pot of cannabis for sale at Greenstone Provisions in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 3, 2019, shortly after it became legal in the state to sell recreational…

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Friday, September 17, 2021 Courtesy photo + Expand Father Shouraiah Pudota By Linda Petersen Intermountain Catholic WENDOVER - Father Shouraiah Pudota, who served as administrator of San Felipe Parish in…

As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate the Statio Orbis or the closing mass of the International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday in Budapest, Jesuit Father Horvà th Arpà d says he hopes the Pope will reaffirm people…

By Dr Jeff Mirus (bio - articles - email) | 08 Sep 2021 Pope Saint John Paul II used the Synod of Bishops in 1985 to start a long struggle to demand from the Church a good understanding…

On the eve of the start of the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, Cardinal Péter ErdÅ‘ describes the union of the leaders of different Churches, as well as the visit of Pope Francis, as a sign…

MADISON, Wisconsin - Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church's most vocal conservatives and a vaccine skeptic, said he had COVID-19 and his staff said he was breathing through a ventilator.Burke tweeted on August 10 that he had…

Bro. John Nahrgang is Vicar of Evangelism for the Diocese of Phoenix. (Jennifer Ellis / CATHOLIC SUN) PHOENIX - The Diocese of Phoenix has a new assistant to Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted to discern God's direction for evangelism. Bro. John…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - On the first anniversary of a deadly explosion in Beirut, Pope Francis said Lebanon needs concrete help - not just words - from the international community so that it may reappear as a symbol of brotherhood and…

AMERICA / NICARAGUA - Covid-19: The mayor of Managua organizes celebrations for the feast of Santo Domingo de Guzman without the approval of the Catholic Church Facebook !-->!-->…

(Photograph by Giuseppe Ciccia / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images.)Last week, Pope Francis upset traditionalist Catholics when he restored the limits on where and by whom the Tridentine Mass - colloquially referred to as the…

Arson and vandalism targeting primarily Catholic churches continued across Canada in July. the last incident occurred on July 19, when firefighters responded to reports of fire at 3:30 a.m. at St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church in…

Marie Marguerite Olohan A Democrat in New Mexico announced Saturday that his bishop had refused him Communion, amid a debate between Catholics and public figures over the reception of the Holy Eucharist by pro-abortion…

The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on Catholic priests and nuns around the world, killing hundreds of them in a handful of the hardest-hit countries.The dead include an Italian priest who…

A high-ranking cardinal, sacked by Pope Francis in September 2020, is now one of 10 people who have been indicted by the Vatican on a number of charges, including money laundering and charity fund embezzlement of the Papal…

St Paul's Anglican Church in Gitwangak did not survive the fire.(Photo: Facebook / Ivan Bundy)…