A Vatican source confirmed that a high-level Holy See delegation will travel to the Chinese capital for the signing and that a date has already been fixed for this ground-breaking event.
September 18, 2018
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Former F.B.I. agent who led 2002 child protection efforts says bishops “can’t police their own”
“The church has lost credibility in investigating itself.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Plotting out a human-centered economy
This economy is not working for human beings.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
What a deal for Catholics in China could mean for Uighur Muslims
Pope Francis, in keeping with his predecessors, has sought every opportunity to improve relations with the Chinese government. With the news that a historic agreement is imminent, the Vatican faces a risk and an opportunity.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
U.S. Catholics still give high favorability rating to Pope Francis
Even after revelations about sexual abuse in the church, 79 percent of U.S. Catholics—but only 53 percent of all Americans—hold a favorable view of Pope Francis, according to a Gallup poll.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence
The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still caused extensive water damage.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Christian aid group says Idlib civilians fear offensive by Syrian forces
Christians and other civilians inside Idlib, Syria, are fearful of an impending, all-out offensive by their government and its Russian and Iranian backers on the northwestern province, the last rebel stronghold and presumed endgame in Syria’s more than seven-year-old war.
Posted inFaith, News
English bishop commends government ruling on abortion clinic buffer zones
A Catholic bishop has praised a decision by the British government not to impose exclusion zones around abortion clinics throughout the country.
Posted inFaith, News
Archbishop Lori assures diocese he’s with them in journey toward healing
In his celebration of Mass, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said he will be with the Catholics of West Virginia on the journey to “healing and reconciliation.”
Posted inFaith, News
Stanford University to remove St. Junipero Serra’s name from some properties
California’s Stanford University will strip the name of 18th-century Franciscan friar, St. Junipero Serra, from some of its properties but keep a street named after him.