The social unrest and divisions in general Hong Kong society have carried over to the Catholic community, said Cardinal John Tong Hon, who encouraged Catholics instead to follow what Jesus taught in the beatitudes.
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Pope Francis: True change requires input of everyone, not just the powerful
The world will not overcome the current crisis if only big businesses, financial institutions and the powerful have a voice, Pope Francis said.
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Covid-19 robbed refugees ‘of the little that they had,’ says Salesian
Carrying her hungry baby on her back in the traditional African baby wrap, 38-year-old Adol Majok struggled in the long line of people waiting to get food rations and other essential items distributed by Catholic groups.
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Donald Trump promises executive action on abortion during National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
President Trump promised Wednesday to sign an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to appeal to voters who oppose abortion.
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U.S. bishops urge immediate halt to federal executions
U.S. bishops call the application of capital punishment “completely unnecessary and unacceptable.”
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Vatican reaffirms, clarifies church teachings on end-of-life care
“The church is convinced of the necessity to reaffirm as definitive teaching that euthanasia is a crime against human life because, in this act, one chooses directly to cause the death of another innocent human being.”
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Quebec government limits churches to 50 people, 25 in riskier regions
Christian Dube, minister of health and social services, said that because of the spread of COVID-19, Quebec health authorities have had to “permanently adjust, regardless of the alert level” a previously adopted measure.
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Secretary Mike Pompeo enters the Vatican-China agreement debate
About 10 days before he was expected in Rome, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that the Vatican “endangers its moral authority” by considering an extension of its 2018 agreement with China on the nomination of bishops.
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Catholics are divided over award for William Barr at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
The 16th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast is dividing Catholics along partisan lines because it will honor President Trump’s attorney general a little more than a month before the November election.
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Papal safeguarding commission meets online and in Rome
Father Zollner said the working group he belongs to, on education and formation, talked about the four webinars on safeguarding that were held over the summer and sponsored by the women’s International Union of Superiors General.