Being an altar server should be a “profession of faith” to the entire parish community, Pope Francis told young men and women participating in Portugal’s annual altar server pilgrimage to Fatima.
Catholic News Service
Posted inFaith, News
Archbishop Cordileone in new pastoral letter: Those who reject teaching on abortion should not receive Communion
A pastoral letter issued May 1 by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone focuses on the unborn, Communion and Catholics in public life.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all three counts in death of George Floyd
The day before the Chauvin verdict was announced, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses “For the Preservation of Peace and Justice.”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis accepts resignation of US bishop for the first time under new sex abuse protocols
In 2019 Bishop Hoeppner was publicly accused of trying to cover up allegations of sexual abuse against a priest of the diocese. He has denied he thwarted such an investigation.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Belfast bishop urges young people to get off the streets as Catholic-Protestant violence escalates
The Catholic bishop of Belfast urged politicians to be more careful about their language as the city was engulfed in nightly violence.
Posted inFaith, News
Bishop Rhoades: Catholics can take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘in good moral conscience’
“There’s no moral need to turn down a vaccine, including the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is morally acceptable to use,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, said in a new video.
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. Bishops: If the Equality Act is passed it will ‘discriminate against people of faith’
H.R. 5 would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public education, federal funding, the credit system and jury duty.
Posted inFaith, News
Wording change from ‘one God, for ever and ever’ to ‘God, for ever and ever,’ takes effect
A change in wording to the concluding doxology of orations in the Roman Missal, from “one God, for ever and ever” to “God, for ever and ever,” took effect on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Posted inFaith, News
This year, World Marriage Day will be celebrated on Valentine’s Day
This year, World Marriage Day, observed annually on the second Sunday of February, will be celebrated Feb. 14, which also is the feast of St. Valentine and which since the eighth century has been a celebration of love and affection.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Bishops: Any new pandemic relief bill must promote human life and dignity
Six U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee chairmen urged each member of Congress to support much-needed pandemic relief legislation that promotes “the dignity and value of all human life.”