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Pope Francis at the general audience at St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 18, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 18, 2023 / 09:57 am (CNA). Pope Francis drew upon the example of St. Charles de Foucauld during his general audience Wednesday in his ongoing catechesis on apostolic zeal to stress the importance of…
Pope Francis appointed Father Raimo Goyarrola as Bishop of Helsinki last month, after a four year sede vacante in the diocese. Goyarrola, a priest of Opus Dei and a physician, has lived in Helsinki since 2006, when he was assigned to work as a university chaplain in the country. His ministry soon expanded — in…
Happy Friday friends, As JD said on Tuesday, this is a very good week not to have a “take” on what is going on in the world. Like everyone else, I have been watching the horror of what is happening in Israel. And like some, I can be upfront about my lack of any worthwhile…
Confidential records from the Vatican’s October synod on synodality have been posted to an unsecured cloud server in the days since the synodal assembly began this month, with new records added as recently as Thursday. The records include rosters of synodal participants and their working group assignments — along with the reports filed by working…
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández gave another eye-catching interview this week, dedicated to one of the most controversial aspects of his work. In the Oct. 10 conversation with the Spanish website Religión Digital, the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) spoke about his department’s responsibility for clerical abuse cases….
Alumni of Loyola Marymount University have launched a petition drive calling for the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop encouraging students to use preferred pronouns tied to their gender identity. / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:26 pm (CNA). A Florida administrative judge called “transgender ideology” a “new secular faith” in a ruling…
The Reverend John I. Jenkins will step down after nearly two decades of service as the president of Notre Dame University at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. / Credit: Barbara Johnston, University of Notre Dame Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 13, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Following nearly two decades of service, Father John…
A cross atop the seminary in Beit Jala, Palestine. / Aid to the Church in Need. CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, condemned Hamas’ Saturday terrorist attacks against Israel, called for peace in the Holy Land, and said the Vatican is ready to help…
Israel unleashed an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. / Credit: Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 11:32 am (CNA). The Israeli government on Friday urged civilians to evacuate the northern part of Gaza amid its war against the terror group Hamas. …
Synod of Synodality delegates tour the catacombs of St. Sebastian. Rome, Italy, Oct. 13, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez Vatican City, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Synod on Synodality delegates made a pilgrimage to Rome’s catacombs Thursday where they literally “walked together” to the tombs of early Christian martyrs. Hundreds of delegates took…
