Oct 14, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic...
Oct 12, 2018 | Latest news
By Nina Ranieri | Family/Respect Life Office “When a child loses his parent, he is called an orphan. When a spouse loses his or her partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn’t a word to describe them.” — Ronald Reagan On...
Oct 12, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A new documentary about Blessed Oscar Romero, featuring a rare interview with him, revealed the martyred archbishop’s thoughts regarding accusations that he became too progressive....
Oct 12, 2018 | Latest news
By Catholic News Service PENSACOLA, Fla. (CNS) — In the wake of Hurricane Michael, which left 13 known dead and more than 1 million without power two days after it ravaged the Florida panhandle, the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, whose territory was smack in...
Oct 12, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the pope’s decision was announced Oct. 12, the Archdiocese of Washington released a...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court, no stranger to death penalty cases, is looking very narrowly at two aspects of capital punishment this term: if an inmate with dementia should be executed if he has no memory of...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
By Maryangela Roman Catholic News Service MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Champagne corks popped in the visiting clubhouse Oct. 7 as the Milwaukee Brewers celebrated their sweep of the Colorado Rockies, advancing to the National League Championship Series. Back home in...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Church leaders and members need to be “spiritual mentors” — like Jesus and the saints — befriending, accompanying and enriching the lives of young people, one U.S. observer told...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news
By Catholic News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) — As Haitian authorities confirmed the toll from the Oct. 6 earthquake at 17 dead and 333 injured, Caritas and other grass-roots organizations working with the victims highlighted the critical humanitarian...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news
By Catholic News Service PANAMA CITY, Fla. (CNS) — With EMS service suspended in some parts of Florida as Hurricane Michael made landfall Oct. 10 in the state’s panhandle area with sustained winds clocked at 155 mph, at least least two dioceses offered...
Oct 11, 2018 | Latest news
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Speaking to the Synod of Bishops on behalf of Belgium’s bishops’ conference, a bishop said he was sure some young married men would become priests if they were asked. The vocations of...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news
By Anne Condodina Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Discovering and following one’s vocation is about the choices one makes each day, a young observer told the Synod of Bishops. “Vocation and its discernment is not limited to religious life...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero crossed paths on their road to sainthood and formed a personal friendship that strengthened each other’s resolve in the face of growing challenges, an Italian professor...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The teachings, life and holiness of St. John Paul II can help guide and protect people on their daily journey toward Christ, Pope Francis said. Greeting Polish pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Krakow, which...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news, Sun October 11, 2018
By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Binghamton — Seton Catholic Central School’s exterior now glows in a mesmerizing green. A neighbor called a school official and said, “‘It is so beautiful. My husband and I stare at that school all the time when we’re sitting out...
Oct 10, 2018 | Latest news, Uncategorized
A man who coached track and cross-country athletes at local schools, including Bishop Ludden Jr./Sr. High School in Syracuse, has been arrested on child pornography charges. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick announced the arrest at a press...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis, Cardinal Marc Ouellet and an official Vatican statement seem to be laying the groundwork for an admission that mistakes were made in handling allegations that Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Promising a thorough review of how the Vatican handled allegations of sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the Vatican acknowledged that what happened may fall short of the...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Georgetown University associate professor’s tweets that white Republican men should die a “miserable death” for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court is...
Oct 8, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young people from around the world told Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops that they no longer want to remain on the sidelines but want to take an active role in the church. Young men...
Oct 5, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs to communicate the beauty and intelligence of faith to young men and women without resorting to condescending and aggressive methods, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of...
Oct 5, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The first person under 30 to address the Synod of Bishops was Sister Briana Santiago, a 27-year-old member of the Apostles of the Interior Life from San Antonio. “I think all of us young people...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Julie Asher Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Georgetown University associate professor’s tweets that white Republican men should die a “miserable death” for supporting Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Sam Lucero | Catholic News Service GREEN BAY, Wis. — St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, would be pleased with the attention Norbertine Brother Terrence Lauerman has received as a volunteer at the Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary. The nonprofit center in...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At a court hearing to answer to allegations of covering up sexual abuse by members of the clergy, Chilean Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati invoked his right against self-incrimination. In a statement...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, introduced the work of the synod on young people Oct. 3 with a variety of statistics and informational notes. He told the gathering...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news, Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked bishops to be bold, honest, open-minded, charitable and, especially, prayerful as they begin a three-week meeting on “young people, the faith and vocational discernment.”...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Kate Turgeon Watson Catholic News Service WILMINGTON, N.C. (CNS) — Six parish and school buildings take up about two blocks in historic downtown Wilmington. It’s the type of place where roads are brick, window frames are wooden and the school...
Oct 4, 2018 | Latest news
By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — In response to the church abuse crisis, many parishes around the country have been bringing out the big guns in a spiritual sense — calling on St. Michael the Archangel to help the church. Some...
