“A step back in time”: America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
TIM SULLIVAN, of Associated Press, reports on the changes taking place within parts of the Catholic Church in the US…
US Catholic leaders, urging ceasefire, call on Biden to halt weapons shipments to Israel
United States RNS More than 200 US Catholic leaders, including a cardinal, an archbishop and numerous nuns, have put their names on a letter urging President Joe Biden to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, secure the release of Israeli hostages and halt the shipment of weapons to Israel. “We call on President Biden, a […]
Catholic Church: Priests prepare to bring synodality from the Vatican to parishes around the world
Even as some Catholics look at the synod with scepticism, others don’t know what it means or haven’t heard of it at all. Pope Francis is tasking parish priests with changing that. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
Seventy-five Christian leaders urge US President, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty
United States RNS Seventy-five leaders of national Christian organisations and prominent churches have sent a statement to the White House, Congress and congregational leaders calling for greater action to address racism and poverty. “People of color continue to suffer problems related to race – high rates of death during childbirth, for example, and fear of […]
Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalised
Mexico City AP A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Monsignor Salvador Rangel, a bishop […]
Church and tech: The Catholic Church wants to have a say on the future of AI
A handful of Catholic priests are meeting with AI programmers and execs in Silicon Valley to address the ethical consequences of artificial intelligence. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
The Explainer: In ‘Infinite Dignity’, the Vatican defends people, not politics
PHYLLIS ZAGANO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says tackling matters that are the topic of political debates today, the document drew more controversy than intended…
Pope Francis visits Venice, says his work isn’t easy
Venice, Italy Reuters Pope Francis made his first trip out of Rome for seven months on Sunday with a packed visit to Venice that took in an art exhibition, a prison and a Mass, with the 87-year pontiff acknowledging that life could be hard. Hobbled by recent bouts of ill-heath, the Pope read out three […]
Church leaders in Kenya give qualified support for plan to close orphanages
Nairobi, Kenya RNS Amid a growing push among child welfare organisations to reunite families rather than keep children in institutional homes, Kenyan authorities are set to adopt a new national program that will phase out traditional orphanages over the next decade. Church leaders in the country, whose denominations run hundreds of orphanages, have expressed support […]
Christian leaders work to heal the wounds of Angola’s civil war
Nairobi, Kenya Christian leaders in Angola have launched reconciliation programs aimed at healing the wounds of the civil war that ended over two decades ago, leaving nearly one million people dead and displacing four million. Between 1975 and 2002, the Southern African nation of now more than 35 million people was embroiled in one of […]