SEEK25 in DC speakers, attendees share their experiences: ‘We all want God’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Spirits were uplifted and joyful following the concluding Mass at the end of the SEEK25 conference on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as some 3,500 young Catholics, priests, and religious poured out of the Washington Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. / Credit: Migi Fabara/CNA Washington D.C., Jan 7, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Some 3,500 young…

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Pope accepts resignation of bishop under investigation for ordinations with pre-Vatican II rite — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, France. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Rome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis accepted Tuesday the early resignation of French Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon following years of Vatican scrutiny over the ordination of clerics using pre-Vatican II liturgical books and other…

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Pope’s preacher speaks on his humanity, return to faith, and being a Bible ‘expert’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Roberto Pasolini. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome, Italy, Jan 7, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Franciscan Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini is very comfortable with public speaking — it’s basically his job as a Scripture expert called on to give talks and lead retreats around Italy. Yet, just late last year, he began a new…

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Mass deportations ‘incompatible with Catholic doctrine,’ Cardinal McElroy says in DC debut — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on Apr. 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA National Catholic Register, Jan 7, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., says he wishes…

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