Pope joins patriarchs from East and West at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity
Read full article: Pope joins patriarchs from East and West at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unityPope Leo XIV has joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders in Turkey to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shifts
Read full article: Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shiftsAs travel picks up for the season, flyers can find a moment of quiet and relaxation at interfaith chapels or meditation spaces in many U.S. airports.
American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change
Read full article: American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of changeA top American cardinal has celebrated a traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV.
Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employers
Read full article: Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employersMore than 9,000 Catholic employers do not need to abide by federal regulations protecting workers who seek abortions and fertility treatments under a ruling issued this week by a federal judge.
For Catholic pilgrims, all roads lead to Indy for an old-style devotion in modern stadium setting
Read full article: For Catholic pilgrims, all roads lead to Indy for an old-style devotion in modern stadium settingCatholics from across the U.S. have converged for five days of traditional devotions at the Indianapolis Colts’ football stadium in what they’re calling the National Eucharistic Congress.
Catholic activists in Mexico help women reconcile their faith with abortion rights
Read full article: Catholic activists in Mexico help women reconcile their faith with abortion rightsIn Mexico, activists from Catholics for the Right to Decide are helping women reconcile their faith and abortion rights.
A Notre Dame professor sues a student publication over its coverage of her abortion-rights work
Read full article: A Notre Dame professor sues a student publication over its coverage of her abortion-rights workA University of Notre Dame professor has filed a defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over coverage of her abortion-rights work.
Bishops OK Communion document, avoid direct rebuff to Biden
Read full article: Bishops OK Communion document, avoid direct rebuff to BidenU.S. Catholic bishops have overwhelmingly approved a document on Communion that stops short of calling for withholding the sacrament from politicians who support abortion rights, such as President Joe Biden.
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Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses
Read full article: Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abusesThe Vatican is taking steps to better regulate lay religious movements by imposing term limits on their leaders and requiring internal elections to be representative of their memberships.
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Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
Read full article: Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skepticPope Francis leaves after celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Christ the King festivity, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. But it also offers new personal insights into the 83-year-old Argentine pope and his sense of humor. Francis was elected pope, and bishop of Rome, on March 13, 2013. For Francis, the pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to imagine and plan for a more socially just world. “I have a sense of how people with the coronavirus feel as they struggle to breathe on ventilators,” Francis wrote.
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In a moment of turmoil, US Catholic bishops meet virtually
Read full article: In a moment of turmoil, US Catholic bishops meet virtuallyFILE - In this Nov. 10, 2003 file photo, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., center, joins fellow clergy in prayer at the end of the opening session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Washington. McCarrick who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 served as head of Catholic dioceses in Metuchen and Newark, New Jersey, and in Washington. “The shadow of the McCarrick report hangs over this meeting,” said John Gehring, Catholic program director at a Washington-based clergy network called Faith in Public Life. The report found that three decades of bishops, cardinals and popes dismissed or downplayed reports of McCarrick’s misconduct with young men. The bishops will discuss the McCarrick report twice Monday, first in a private session and later in a public livestream, according to the communications office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
